Is higher education in California losing its golden gleam?

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Nov. 17, 2009

It’s been a tough few years for most of California’s public institutions, but the higher education system of UC, Cal State and community colleges have been particularly hard hit. A new report from the Legislative Analyst Office says that soaring fees, volatile college budgets and enrollment caps are so far removed from California’s “Master Plan for Higher Education” that the state’s constitutional education goals have become irrelevant, or at least impossible to meet. How did our public schools, the prides of California, fall so far?

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Steve Boilard, Director, Higher Education in the California Legislative Analyst's Office

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