California’s monetary guillotine cut higher education at its core. And now college students have assumed the burden of subsidizing the state’s debt. The recent actions taken by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Legislature to balance the state’s $26 billion deficit contradict a promise made to college-age Californians more than four decades ago… The plan was founded on the principle that investing in public education would yield economic returns that would help the state flourish. And until last month, it did.

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by the staff, The Collegian.

Posted: August 28th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.