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  • Should-community-colleges-cut-lingering-students

    01/24/2011 10:05:28 AM PST · by Grampa Dave · 17 replies
    California Watch Daily Report ^ | January 24, 2011 | | Erica Perez
    A proposal to cut off access to community college students who linger too long – loading up their transcripts with gym classes, poor grades and far more units than they need to transfer or graduate – has merit and should be explored, the system's chancellor says. A report [PDF] from the state legislative analyst last week recommended giving first-time students a higher priority for class registration, capping the number of taxpayer-subsidized units that students can take and limiting the number of times students can repeat certain courses on the state’s dime – moves that could save an estimated $235 million....