Students for California's Future: News

January 25th - 31st, 2010

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College students support Obama's ideas - President Obama called in his State of the Union address Wednesday night for a revitalization of the nation’s community colleges, cheaper loans for college students, and a plan to require students who have graduated to pay only 10 percent of their income on their debt load. OC Register

Denham introduces 'Student Protection Act' - Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Merced, today introduced the “Student Protection Act,” which would require California State University and the University of California to provide a waiting period for tuition and fee increases, and a cap on the amount of any hike. The Californian

Governor's plan limits higher education - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed amendment in which General Fund spending caps would be imposed on state prisons and public universities should be rejected, according to a brief from the Legislative Analyst's office. Golden Gate XPress

Lawmakers, universities balance budgets with significant tuition hikes - As students around the country anxiously wait for college acceptance letters, their parents are sweating the looming tuition bills at public universities. Los Angeles Times

Study accuses California's higher education systems of poor coordination - California’s three systems of public higher education need to coordinate better, eliminate duplicate programs and make it easier for students to transfer from community colleges to Cal State or University of California campuses, according to a report released today by the state Legislative Analyst's Office. Los Angeles Times

Class cuts wreak havoc at California universities - California's budget crisis came into stark focus in the halls of Sacramento State last week, where many students returning for spring semester were turned away from classes they had hoped to get into, or strained from hallways to hear lectures in classes that had enrolled way more students than there were seats. Sacramento Bee

CSU to receive $377 million from state - The California State University system is expected to receive $377 million to restore its budget; this will be more than $500 million less than the CSU board of trustees requested at its last meeting. Daily 49er

State universities want more students to graduate - For years, American colleges and universities have focused on getting more students to seek higher education. Now they want to make sure more of their students leave campus with a diploma. USA Today

Students continue to protest change in academic calendar - The California State University, Stanislaus administration is moving forward with plans to eliminate Winter Term for the 2010-2011 school year, stating that a new calendar with longer semesters and a new intersession will benefit the majority of students, but faculty and students are continuing to fight for the instructional period. Turlock Journal

Local community college students face unknown future - Twenty-one-year-old Betty Morales is in her third year at Oxnard College and has been trying to transfer to Cal State, Channel Islands, since May 2009. She has enough credits to transfer and has earned her A.A. degree, but is lacking the required courses she needs for her program of interest. Her plans to transfer have been delayed an entire year because of one class, which has been full two semesters in a row. Ventura County Reporter