Community College Budget Cuts Create Problems for Students’ Commute - Aleena Gardezi, CCNews Now

Recent budget cuts for community colleges in California have led to problems for students who must now commute to different campuses to complete their degrees, according to the Los Angeles Times. The article explained that in the last 2 decades, the percentage of such students has more than doubled, from about 2.2% in 1992 to about 5.2% in 2011. “Last fall, about 69,665 students attended two schools, nearly 5,000 went to three schools and about 400 to four or five schools, according to data from the California Community Colleges chancellor’s office,” the article explained. http://www.ccnewsnow.com/budgetcutscauseprobemsforstudents/