No More Free Marx?(students strike against tuition hike at Autonomous University of Mexico)(Brief Article)

From: Newsweek International | Date: May 10, 1999 | Copyright information

Students shut down UNAM over fee hikes

For the 270,000 students at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the cost of a college education is less than the price of a pack of gum: just 40 centavos a year, or about four U.S. cents. So when administrators tried to raise tuition last month for the first time in 50 years, to $145 a year, it was only natural that students would grumble. But the fiery student strike that has shut down the Western Hemisphere's larg...

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