Thousands of U.S. college students will walk out of class Thursday in a coordinated day of protest against what may be another year of significant higher education budget cuts by state legislatures. College students have organized a national day of action with student groups, unions and local Occupy Wall Street offshoots as well as the Occupy Colleges group. Students nationwide will protest ever-increasing student debt and continued budget cuts. In addition, they’ll raise awareness of campus-specific issues… In California, where students have been demonstrating since 2009 against raising fees, laying off staff, hiring outside contractors for services and partnering with U.S. Bank to turn student ID cards into debit cards, a coalition of unions and student groups are protesting at 20 campuses. A unifying goal is to build support for a ballot initiative that would raise taxes on millionaires that organizers said would increase state revenue and curtail further budget cuts… Community colleges in the state are watching for further cuts after the campuses were forced to reduce already enrolled spring semester classes at the last minute. Over the last decade, the cost of attending California’s community colleges has risen four-fold, and 30 years ago attending school there was free.

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by Tyler Kingkade, The Huffington Post.

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