Students for California's Future: News
January 11th - 17th, 2010
Budget cuts hurt chances at college - College applicants are facing one of the toughest years ever to gain admission to the nation’s public colleges and universities as schools grapple with deep budget cuts and record numbers of applications. NewsOK
University students plan day of protests and education - A coalition of California State University, Stanislaus students groups, known as Warriors Fight Back!, hosted a campus-wide General Assembly on Friday to plan teach-ins, camp-outs, and marches for the statewide March 4 Strike and Day of Action To Defend Public Education. Turlock Journal
The fight for public higher education - The changes to public education that are currently being proposed by many politicians and administrators include increasing class sizes, cutting student programs and using cost-cutting delivery systems like interim courses and all-online (distance) education. Merced Sun-Star
Educators respond to Governor and Launch "Fight for California's Future" - Governor Schwarzenegger is leaving a clear legacy – a legacy of saying one thing and doing the opposite. On Wednesday, he claims he is not going to cut education; but on Friday he proposes to reduce the Proposition 98 guarantee by $892 million in 2009-10 and $1.5 billion in 2010-11. The governor proposes to eliminate the sales tax on gasoline (which helps fund Proposition 98) and increase the fuel excise tax (which does not help fund Proposition 98). How does that protect education? California Progress Report
Colleges Cap Enrollment Amid Budget Cuts - As cash-poor state governments slash budgets, colleges are capping or cutting enrollment despite a surge in applications from high school seniors, community college students and unemployed workers returning to school. ABC News
California Weighs Priorities - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a constitutional amendment to cement spending on higher education at 10 percent of the state’s budget. Following this proposal, Schwarzenegger released his 2010-2011 budget, which increases funding for higher education and restores some one-time cuts to the University of California. City on a Hill Press
State's Future Depends on Student Success - “Because our future economic well-being is so dependent upon education … we can no longer afford to cut higher education.” Those words were spoken by Gov. Schwarzenegger last week during his annual State of the State address. Overall, in the context of deep and painful cuts to so many valuable programs, the governor’s budget proposal was a win for higher education, which saw baseline funding mostly protected and even modest enrollment growth provided for. Daily Nexus
Fresno State to shrink in size - Faced with state budget cuts, California State University, Fresno must shrink in size to where it was in 2000, campus President John Welty says. Central Valley Business Times
Raising fees to have a fighting chance - According to the LA Times, a joint legislative committee has proposed that raising the fees at community colleges will allow for more students to attend college. The Roundup
Community colleges should stick to original mission - With the state budget crisis forcing California State University and University of California campuses to admit fewer high school graduates, there is a superficial appeal to the proposal by Assemblyman Marty Block, D-San Diego, to allow some of California’s community colleges to offer four-year degrees in areas including nursing, biotechnology, education and public-safety management. San Diego Union-Tribune
More Community, Less College - But students in California’s community colleges, whether teenagers just out of high school or middle-aged workers who’ve been laid off, are facing a new austerity. Classes are crowded and tuition is up. Although Freeman registered for classes a month early, he was put on a waiting list for three of the four he wanted, all of which were general education credits required for a two-year degree. San Diego Reader
Students unable to get into much-needed classes - As a result of the state's ongoing budget woes, class sections have been cut at a time when more students are enrolling. Redlands Daily Facts
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