Protesters fight California regents' vote to increase university fees

At California campuses students and union activists faced off with university police. Some gathered yesterday at the University of California - Los Angeles to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees. The Board of Regents voted today to approve the hike, which would raise tuition to more than $10,000 a year for undergraduate students. Police in riot gear confronted protesters. Fourteen were arrested.

The move is part of a pattern across the country, where lower acceptance rates, tuition increases, and cuts to college classes have made a four year degree out of reach for many students. In California, a coalition of teachers, students, and worker unions has formed to demand drastic changes to save the state’s university system. FSRN'S Africa Jones reports.