Higher education in California - how to bring back the golden gleam
Higher education in California - how to bring back the golden gleam
It’s been a tough few years for most of California’s public institutions, but the higher education systems of UC, Cal State and community colleges have been particularly hard hit. In the face of a continuing economic downturn and with the state's coffers dwindling, educators and legislators alike are taking a look at the 50 year-old Master Plan on Higher Education. Hearings start next week on realigning the mission and goals of our learning institutions to address the changing economy and demographics of our once dynamic state.
Guest:
Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, Democrat from Redwood City
- Patt Morrison for December 3, 2009
- Those pesky vanishing jobs: President’s summit tackles the jobless recovery
- The 10 X 20 push for new antibiotics to fight superbugs
- Supreme Court to hear anti-corruption law case
- Obama’s kicking K Street to the curb
- Higher education in California - how to bring back the golden gleam
- Can you get by without a checking or savings account? Many Americans do…..
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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