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Friday, 18 January 2008 01:23

California State University Moves Up Deadline

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If you, or a student you know, wants to go to a California State University campus for the first time this fall, the deadline to submit your application was just moved up by about 6 months. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed has moved up the freshman application deadline to Feb. 1 for all 23 CSU campuses in anticipation of $386 million in proposed state budget cuts. Last fall, the deadline to apply at Sacramento State University was Aug. 10. CSU officials say the big cuts proposed in Gov. Schwarzenegger's 2008-09 budget plan will force the university system to reduce the the number of students by about 10,000.

The impact on college-bound students goes another step further. Those 10,000 students who now can't get into the California StateUniversity system are likely to show up at the state’s community colleges. Community colleges, will not shut their doors to an influx of students. But, under the governor's budget proposal, they're not going to be able to add more classes, so community college students will have access to fewer classes. Students who want to carry a full load of 15 units might end up being able to register for only six, said Brice Harris, chancellor of the Los Rios Community College District. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell released the following statement on the impacts of the Governor's proposed budget cuts: "At a time when California must make substantial investment in schools in order for our young people to survive and succeed in the global economy, the Governor's budget takes a giant step backward. I fear that the "year of education" will become the year of education evisceration. This budget will not help us close the achievement gap that threatens the futures of our students and our state. It will not help us effectively prepare the well-skilled workforce our state desperately needs to remain competitive.” The Sacramento Bee contributed to this story.

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