SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California on Thursday approved its first tuition increase since 2011, a move it says will fund more faculty and course offerings at a time of record high enrollment and less state support.The 10-campus system’s Board of Regents voted 16-4 to raise annual tuition by $282 — or 2.5 percent — and increase fees $54 for the 2017-18 school year.It means the cost of tuition and fees for California residents, who who currently pay $12,294 a year, will increase to $12,630. Tuition has been frozen since 2011.The vote came after months of lobbying by UC President Janet Napolitano who had called the increase modest and a necessity for maintaining the quality of the nation’s largest public university system.The university enrolled 7,400 more California undergraduates last fall than the previous year, marking the largest enrollment increase since World War II. It plans to add another 2,500 new students for the 2017-18 school year and 2,500 more the following academic year.The increased revenue will be used to hire more faculty, expand course offerings, beef up tutoring and mental health services and provide more financial aid for undergraduates and fellowships for graduate students, Napolitano told the regents in remarks Wednesday.Many students have vocally opposed an increase, saying higher tuition puts too much burden on students already struggling to pay for their educations. Several students made impassioned pleas to the regents on Thursday, during public comments ahead of the vote.“I truly understand why you’re raising tuition, I know that the (student) population is increasing, but I also ask you to understand my perspective,” said Ana Bucardo, 19, a freshman at UC Riverside and a first-generation college student.