1.   The school lost a number of students after the tuition hike.

2.   A few months into the strike, the previous rector announced the tuition hike would only be voluntary.

3.   But by mid-summer UNAM Rector Francisco Barnes had retreated, declaring that the tuition hike would be voluntary and meant only for students whose families could afford the increase.

4.   By large majorities they reject his proposals for tuition hikes and for cuts in school aid and home care for the elderly poor.

5.   Cellucci said the relatively small amount of the tuition hike was not the point because UMass is still expensive compared to other public universities.

6.   For parents who have to save for college, the tuition hike is a double whammy.

7.   He said that colleges should continue to look for ways to cut costs to avoid tuition hikes.

8.   He was complaining that the Republicans are trying to deny college educations to thousands of state university students by imposing expense cuts and tuition hikes.

9.   In Lagos and the rest of Yorubaland, Obasanjo is also remembered for a violent crackdown on students protesting tuition hikes.

10.   Officials eventually backed down, agreeing to make the tuition hike voluntary.