Keep the college promise - Times Herald

In a study released this week, the PPIC said the state cut $1.5 billion from community college budgets from 2007 to 2012, resulting in the loss of 1 in 5 courses. That has left an estimated 600,000 students peering through closed classroom doors. What's interesting is who these students are: Primarily, the PPIC says, those of lower ability. That makes sense. The most committed, savvy students can still navigate a shrunken system. Indeed, completion and transfer rates have gone up, and students who have enrolled most recently have the most improved success rates. This is probably the result of narrowing the student population to the best prepared. Many current students would have gone to the University of California and California State University in better times. http://www.timesheraldonline.com/opinion/ci_22906200/keep-college-promise