California’s dismantling of its higher education system grows more alarming by the day. At this rate, it will take a generation for California to recover a higher education system that even meets its needs to compete in the global economy, let alone return to the world pre-eminence it once enjoyed. The latest blow that arrived this week was the decision by the California State University system to freeze admissions — and thus enrollment — for the spring 2013 semester… it is clear that the state of California has made a commitment to sacrifice higher education for other priorities, including a corrupt and bloated correctional system, a redundant bureaucracy and a self-protecting social-services delivery system filled with corruption and waste.

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by The Editors, The Visalia Times-Delta.

Posted: March 20th, 2012, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.