One of the greatest concerns of the California Faculty Association is the negative long-term consequences some of the options could have, said Lillian Taiz, president of the association and a history professor at Cal State Los Angeles. "Our students have already seen a more than 130 percent fee increase since 2002, and student aid does not cover the magnitude of these kinds of fee increases," she said. In addition, cuts to enrollment will take the state over the cliff because in the next 15 years hundreds of highly educated baby boomers will retire and there won’t be college-educated workers to meet the needs in the state’s economy, she said. The worry about furloughs is that the time off without pay may not save a single course, job or student. "We are willing to do our part but we need to know it means something," said Taiz.

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by Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, The San Bernardino Sun.

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