California faces ‘skills gap’ that colleges aren’t closing

Once the envy of the world, California’s three-level system – the University of California, the California State University system, and more than 100 locally governed community colleges – is now buffeted by a perfect economic, cultural and political storm… The state’s share of colleges’ operational costs has been shrinking… one of politicians’ few options for spending cutbacks when they face deficits. Over time, therefore, the collegiate cost burden has been shifted from taxpayers to students and their families.

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by Dan Walters, The Sacramento Bee.

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