State funding cuts during the recession still shortchanging Cal State students, officials say

State budget cuts have left California State University with about 19% less in funding to spend per student compared with pre-recession years — compromising efforts to fully address student needs, university officials said… The state’s final budget agreement for fiscal year 2016-2017 gave Cal State about 60% of the additional funding that administrators wanted, which forced some priorities, such as student enrollment, to be downsized… Cal State is the largest university system in the nation and last fall had to turn away about 30,000 applicants who fulfilled all the admissions requirements, Chancellor Timothy P.

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by Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times.

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