UP 240%: student fees at CSU (since 1998)
UP 66%: CSU Chancellor Carroll Reed’s salary (since 1998)
UP $100,000,000: additional budget cuts to CSU expected in December, on top of $650,000,000 in cuts this Fall
UP to 14.8% (official, though likely it’s larger): unemployment rate for Americans age 20-24 (August 2011)
UP to $850,000,000,000: total student loan debt, a figure higher than all credit card debt in the United States
sources: http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_18960854