Officials at California's four-year university systems voted to increase fees in response to the state's financial crisis.
The 2012-2015 contract will increase fees for the 2013-2014 school year to $56 per semester and then to $59 in 2014-2015.
With so few patients left to pay full price, Stanford has sharply increased fees for those who still do.
Currently, the power to increase tuition and fees lies with the legislature.
The legislation would cap the Department of Defense's ability to increase fees in the future though.
If we had taken deposits by instalments, the additional costs may have given rise to having to increase fees even further.
Doctors tend to encourage long hospital stays to increase fees through greater volume of business.
Even in countries where public education still dominates, there are moves to increase fees.
He is an outspoken opponent of the plan to increase fees for foreign students.
EBay, the online auction site, has altered a recent decision to increase fees.