Why are they protesting?
The government is proposing to raise tuition fees, allowing some universities to charge as much as £9,000, while cutting university budgets by 40 percent. Currently, students in England pay £3,290 pounds a year. Students, lecturers and some university vice-chancellors say these proposals are an unfair transfer of the cost of higher education from society to the individual.
Meanwhile, in Louisiana,
Jindal meets with students on LSU cuts.
Hudson said Jindal focused his discussions on talking about how LSU and other colleges must improve their value and graduation rates. Jindal also argued the budget cuts have been minimal when factoring in tuition increases and funding hikes that occurred before budget cuts began, Hudson said.
In the UK, if you make higher ed less valuable and less accessible, the students storm your offices. In Louisiana, if you do the same thing, you get to run for President.
Update: Storming the tower in Louisiana
See also, Gill: Is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal plotting another getaway?
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