Our View: Invest in State's Community Colleges
San Gabriel Valley Tribune › April 03, 2011
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Prescription for a Golden State trying to regain its pre- eminence as a creative world economy? Invest in the most efficient, accesible job-training machine ever created, its magnificent community college system, the best one ever conceived in this nation or anywhere else.
Prescription for economic disaster? At the point when that economy and job growth are on the verge of recovery after a devastating recession, slash the community college budgets, go with an all-cuts budget, lessening available classes to the point where some 400,000 students will be unable to even enroll next year, much less be able to transfer to the state's two university systems.See the full content of this document
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Our View: Invest in State's Community Colleges
Yet disaster is precisely the option California, by default, is choosing.
Yes, given the huge budget deficit still facing the state - $15 billion is one cu...See the full content of this document
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