AirTalk for July 16, 2009

Cuts to higher education in California

The state budget crisis is taxing higher education in California. It's expected that the UC, Cal State, and community colleges will offer fewer courses and have larger class sizes. To offset cuts in funding, yesterday a UC Regents panel approved a plan to make faculty and staff take 11 to 26 unpaid furlough days next school year. For the Cal State campuses, student fees have increased 10%, and are likely to increase up to 20%. Larry Mantle looks at how higher education in California is dealing with the drop in funding.

Matt Krupnick, higher education reporter, Bay Area News Group


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