Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Drastic plan B for Cal State

Cal State considers drastic contingency plan in case of an 'all cuts' budget (LA Times)
     California State University is considering a contingency plan that would increase tuition up to 32% and turn away thousands of students next year if the state makes further budget cuts.
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     Under the plan, Cal State campuses would wait-list applications for winter and spring 2012 enrollment without making admissions decisions until a state budget is finalized.
     In the worst-case scenario, 20,000 qualified applicants could be turned away, Chancellor Charles B. Reed told trustees.
     In addition, the board may be asked at its July meeting to authorize a 32% fee increase for full-time undergraduates, which would mean an additional $1,566, bringing total annual tuition to $6,450.…

Then I had a family, Virginia, I guess she forgot about me
She lives near the concrete sea or so people say
I don't remember much about her gentle touch
My skin just turned so hard and my feet turned to clay

It was in Disney's America a long, long way from anywhere
You get what you pay for there man you get it in spades
Just Disney's America Virginia she chose to stay
And we drifted apart like runoff into the Chesapeake Bay

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