Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, will convene the first hearing of The Joint Committee for Review of the Master Plan on Higher Education at the Capitol. The day-long session will include a good deal of background testimony from experts on that plan. Over the next four months, the Committee will meet four more times as it tries to map out a system capable of meeting the state’s future needs. One key aspect of the master plan Ruskin hopes to look at is the set of formulas that determine student’s eligibility to enter into and transfer between the community college system, the California State University System and the University of California system. "Can we provide a space for everyone who is eligible?" Ruskin asked. "That is becoming less and less the case."

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by Malcolm Maclachlan, Capitol Weekly.

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