…the depth of these cuts means we’re facing more than simply modifying Cal State’s approach to education; we’re looking at the potential wholesale abandonment of the master plan, California’s commitment to providing a college education to all its young people who qualify. Enrollment alone won’t take the hit, but it’s instructive to see the cuts in those terms: Cal State’s loss of $584 million is the equivalent of cutting 95,000 of the system’s 450,000 students. As a department chair, I spend day and night trying to determine the best places to slash our very modest teaching budget to balance the needs of students with the realities of decreasing resources. What can be sacrificed? What must we protect at all costs?

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by Vincent J. Del Casino Jr., The Los Angeles Times.

Posted: July 16th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.