Higher education, slipping as a state budget priority over the last two decades, will take a big hit in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget. Next year, the University of California will take a 13.3 percent cut in general fund support; the California State University system will take a 12.5 percent cut; and the California Community Colleges system will take a 6.9 percent cut. But Brown isn’t accepting the usual solutions for how the cuts gets done. The UC and CSU systems, he insists in his budget, will not rely on increasing fees and cutting enrollments. He expects them, he says directly in his budget document, to "lower the costs of instruction and administration."

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by The Editors, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: January 15th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.