California lawmakers have approved moderate increases in support to public colleges after two years of budget cuts. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign the budget, which protects higher education even as it cuts other programs to help close a $19-billion deficit. State support will increase by 12 percent at the University of California, 11 percent at California State University, and 3 percent at the community colleges. However, the pain for colleges may not be over: The budget is built on a shaky foundation, and the state will probably be forced to consider new cuts in January, under a new governor.
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4 Responses to In Turnabout on State Budget, California Lawmakers Give Colleges More Money
lfathe1 - October 8, 2010 at 4:04 pm
The community colleges educate more students than either the UCs or the Cal States, and they have the students who need the mostsupport to be successful. Why is their increase 1/4 of what the other institutions are receiving????
amcanrer - October 9, 2010 at 5:13 pm
My thoughts exactly. The community colleges should be getting the largest increases; instead they are getting the greatest cuts. The rich continue to get richer…
llevitt1 - October 11, 2010 at 3:39 pm
How many millions of dollars have the community colleges brought into the state in research grants in medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, etc. etc., all of which bring benefit to the society at large? It is true the the CC’s have more students, but that is far from the sole consideration. The UC’s are among the leaders in the nation in every kind of essential research and must continue to be supported; it even might be seen as payback. Very likely, your own health care has benefited; I know mine has.
amcanrer - October 12, 2010 at 12:13 pm
UC research has its own funding sources apart from State funds (which, if I am correct, is only about 25% of its operating budget). The state would benefit more in the long run by boldly supporting community college education.