A recent study by the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy at California State University, Sacramento finds that California is at or near the bottom in affording university opportunities to its high school graduates. According to the study, the state now ranks dead last in total funding per college student. That speaks volumes about the willingness of elected officials–and by extension voters–to support higher education. There’s more. California isn’t producing college graduates very quickly. The study found that California ranks 41st in the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded per every hundred high school graduates. In other words, we’re not building an educated workforce for the future.

Read full article [here].
by Larry Gerston, NBC San Diego.

Posted: September 1st, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.