There’s no doubt that community colleges, Cal States and UC campuses have been clobbered by California’s budget problems. You might think private colleges and universities are unaffected – but you’d be wrong. They – and particularly their low-income students – will be hurt badly if Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 40 percent cut to the size of Cal Grants for students at private institutions takes effect. That means a student at the University of La Verne/Redlands whose family income is low enough to qualify for a Cal Grant of $9,708 this year would get just $5,472 for 2012-13. That could be devastating for a student who’s already living on the edge financially, from a family that can’t afford to pay or borrow more. That could push the student out of the private school, with its smaller class sizes, and into a public university – which actually costs taxpayers more – and where there’s a good chance the student wouldn’t get into the classes he or she needs. Or it could even push that student out of college altogether, which costs all of us in term of future workforce and economic vitality.

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by The Editors, The San Bernardino Sun.

Posted: March 3rd, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.