The state’s colleges and universities are preparing for more budget cuts and that means so should students and their families. If the economy remains soft and state revenue sluggish it will trigger mid-year funding reductions for the University of California and California State University systems as well as the state’s community colleges… why do we have free, public education for children through the 12th grade? And we do this regardless of the income of the child’s family. We do it because, sure the child benefits, but society benefits too by nurturing educated, productive citizens. Higher education does that in spades with the ancillary benefit of being the seedbed of the next generation of leaders in business and science and technology.

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by The Editors, The Stockton Record.

Posted: August 26th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.