During a student protest Monday, the Legislature’s Democratic leaders vowed to halt $1 billion in proposed higher education cuts, setting the stage for a lengthy deadlock over how to solve a massive deficit in the state budget… Perata told them the dominant Democrats in the Legislature will not allow major higher education funding cuts, drawing loud cheers from the audience. "We need to raise taxes before cutting education," Perata said, suggesting the battle over Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts would last "all summer" if necessary. The state’s fiscal year officially begins July 1. Núñez lamented that the state spends more each year to imprison a youth than to educate one. "We’ll fight for you," Núñez said.
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by Steve Geissinger, The San Jose Mercury News.
Posted: April 22nd, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
A report on the proposed budget cuts by UC’s Academic Senate Committee on Planning and Budget said the UC system has been suffering for years from what one member called a "hollowing out." "From a distance, all appears normal; once one goes inside, the damage is clear," the report said. Faculty and staff are struggling to maintain quality with reduced resources. The report offered some examples of challenges at various UC campuses…
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by Elaine Regus, The Press-Enterprise.
Posted: April 21st, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposing earlier this year an estimated $386 million be cut from the CSU system’s budget, many locally have been wondering what that might mean for HSU, which could be looking at a $7.3 million deficit.
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by Ashley Bailey, The Eureka Reporter.
Posted: April 20th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 10 percent across the board state budget cut could force the University of California to close its doors on thousands of qualified students, raise student fees, and ultimately have a detrimental effect on the state’s economy, according to an independent study by the Campaign for College Opportunity.
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by Theresa Avila, The Daily Bruin.
Posted: April 18th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
California public universities must increase student fees dramatically to maintain their academic quality if the state’s proposed budget cuts for 2008-09 are approved, according to recent reports. In order to make up for the $417.4 million gap between the university’s and state’s proposed budgets for 2008-09, resident undergraduate student fees must jump to $9,636, up from $6,636 in 2007-08, excluding individual campus fees, a UC Academic Council report projects. The jump represents about a 45 percent fee increase.
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by Angelica Dongallo, The Daily Californian.
Posted: April 18th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Arnold’s proposed 10% cut of higher education would have a crippling effect on California’s economy. The student fees increases would squeeze middle-class families even more dramatically, and would be difficult for young students to pay – especially as student loan availability is shrinking due to the credit crunch…
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by Robert Cruickshank, The California Progress Report.
Posted: April 17th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
Proposed budget cuts totaling about $1 billion to the state’s university and community college systems wouldn’t just cause belt tightening for a year or two, but would mean long-term problems for the state economy, according to a report released Wednesday. With the demand for a college-educated workforce growing, the cuts would limit the pipeline of qualified candidates…
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by Jill Tucker, The San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted: April 17th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The University of California offered admission to the most freshmen ever, sending out more than 60,000 acceptance letters for fall 2008 even as it faces budget cuts from reduced state funding, officials announced Monday… UC received a record number of applications – 79,661 – because of a peak in the number of Baby Boomers’ children graduating from high school and because a greater number of students are becoming UC eligible, officials said.
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by Carrie Sturrock, The San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted: April 15th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said Monday…"This was a very difficult decision given the fact that there are not sufficient resources to fund large growth and it could have negative impact on our programs down the road," said Susan Wilbur, UC’s director of undergraduate admissions.
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by Lisa Leff, The San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted: April 14th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
The state’s Master Plan for Higher Education is crumbling along with its roads. Adopted in 1960, the education plan promised free tuition in the state’s colleges and universities, and access to those campuses regardless of income level. But after three straight years of state funding cuts, the UC Regents in 1994 formally abandoned the commitment to a tuition-free education. UC students now contribute $1 for every $2 the state chips in – in the mid-’60s, that ratio was 1 to 19 – and the average student fee at UC is $7,509 a year. When I was at Cal in the late 1960s, student loans were almost nonexistent, but now the average annual cost of attending UC is nearly $24,000 a year, and half the students have to take out loans to graduate.
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by Tim Holt, The San Francisco Chronicle.
Posted: April 13th, 2008, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.
