[Arthalion]

Sigh...

The California Community Colleges have always been one of the bright spots in the California educational system. NO other program in the state has proven to be nearly as effective at taking skill-less post highschoolers, welfare moms, and people with outdated work skills and turning them into productive, self-supporting, tax-paying citizens. Our two year, vocational, and compressed programs are specifically designed to teach people a skill and get them into the workforce without the unneeded classes and liberal brainwashing that's part of the required curricula at the major uni's . To have to take a budget hit like this, when many newly unemployed need us the most, is disheartening. What's worse, Gray Doofus just forced us to raise our tuition from $11 per unit to $24 per unit. Is this money going to help us offset the budget cuts? Nope, EVERY PENNY of the increase is going into the general fund to help cover the budget mess. So not only will our students have to deal with reduced program and class availability this fall, they'll have to pay more to do it.

Personally, I think there's another big reason behind the cuts. The CC system is divided into districts that are controlled by locally elected boards, and are therefore quite a bit more conservative and goal-oriented than our UC and CSU bretheren. Though not exactly a bastion of conservatism, the CCC campuses are more reflective of the normal people who populate them, and often turn out people with a stronger work ethic and a drive to succeed. Red Davis doesn't like ANY of this, and so uses us as a handy whipping boy.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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