NY Times: California Universities Will Cut Enrollment Unless State Increases Money

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California Universities Will Cut Enrollment Unless State Increases Money
By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: November 18, 2008


Hard hit by budget cuts, the California State University system is planning to cut its enrollment by 10,000 students for the 2009-10 academic year, unless state lawmakers provide more money.

“We can’t continue to admit more and more students without receiving adequate funding,” Chancellor Charles B. Reed said Monday.

It would be the first time in its history that the university system turned away students who met admissions standards, and the announcement was greeted with disappointment and anger.

“We have put the education system on a starvation diet, and each and every year it becomes weaker,” said Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a trustee of the university, who joined 150 people on Tuesday in Long Beach to protest the state budget cuts.

“Students now take five years to graduate,” Mr. Garamendi added. “Professors we need we cannot hire, the men and women we need to keep our institutions going, keep the heat on, keep the air-conditioning going, keep the toilets flushing, cannot be hired. You cannot have the best education system in the world on the cheap.” .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/education/19college.html

[Teaser]

1. my chances at an academic job continue to plummet

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[Adsos Letter]

2. I attend one of the CSU campuses...

we just got the official announcement in our university e-mail boxes on Tuesday.

They are really cutting back on the courses offered in the History Department.

[XemaSab]

3. My alma mater may be stripped of accreditation!

This... would be a COMPLETE DISASTER for everyone who went there.

Try applying for a job with a degree from an unaccredited school.

Yeah, I thought so.