Students have protested throughout the state, but state colleges keep offering less & charging more - Sandy Banks, LA Times

Students have done their best to fight back. They've camped out, sat in and shut down city streets and campus buildings, trying to be heard.They felt the impact of cuts on campus, in cancelled courses, crowded classes and teaching time lost to forced furloughs. In one year, the Cal State system lost 2,500 instructors — 10% of the faculty across the 23 campuses. Students were shut out in record numbers, graduations delayed and transfers stopped.In April, with more cuts on the table, thousands of students, professors and campus employees joined marches and rallies across California. They were protesting a double whammy — $500 million in budget cuts, and a $500 hike in student fees — numbers that would keep rising this summer.