Students at California public universities have been staging protests against budget cuts and fee hikes all fall, capturing local and national attention with administration building sit-ins, 24-hour library occupations and large outdoor rallies… Cain’s suggestion to Sanchez and other student activists: take aim at local and state governments, too. "You guys have to be part of the broader political context," he said. "You can’t simply be focused on the administrators, some of whom, I admit, haven’t made a strong enough case for public education, haven’t been out there. But you guys have to take the larger political context seriously because that’s what’s killing us in the long run." Sanchez defended how UC students have been protesting. "The targets need to be the UC administration, as well as the state legislature and the governor, most importantly for us," he said, arguing that years of mismanagement have gotten the system to where it is now.

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by Jennifer Epstein, Inside Higher Ed.

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