College students, faculty and administrators from up and down California blasted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s education budget proposals in a packed budget conference committee hearing Monday afternoon. Their bottom line: The proposed cuts to California’s community colleges and universities will mean fewer students can attend, just as the economy is driving more people to seek education. To help close the $24.3 billion deficit, Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting payments to the California State University system by $481 million and to the University of California system by $800 million.

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

Posted: June 2nd, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.