Budget Cuts, Tuition Hikes Jeopardize Quality of Higher Education in California

The signs are everywhere. California’s vaunted higher education system is broken. Recently regarded as one of the top systems in the nation, California’s public colleges offered places for all levels of students at affordable rates. But, today, at San Francisco State University, with nearly 30,000 students, and at all 23 of the California state university campuses, the squeeze is on… University officials at all levels, eager to preserve their schools’ reputations, are reluctant to say the educational quality has already dropped, but they admit it’s in jeopardy and that major changes are coming.

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by Spencer Michels, PBS Newshour.

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