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Monday, November 30, 2009
The Effects of Budget Cuts at YOUR College
The budget cut effects are taking toll all over California, especially in the Cal State and UC school systems. We are students at Cal State Fullerton who are frustrated with the amount of money we have to pay each semester to better our education and career goals. These increases to tuition and amount of days has put stress on student finances and the amount of education we recieve each semester.
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I returned to school for a new degree and I'm feeling pretty "ripped off": furlough days = less instruction = lower quality of education; fewer instructors = fewer classes = less scheduling flexibility & impedes our ability to work, take care of family, graduate quickly. I wish I felt like I was getting what I'm paying for. My consolation; when we have to rely on our bankrupt state which spends public funds to subsidize the difference between the cost to operate the university and what we pay in tuition... compared to private university tuition...I suppose I AM getting what I pay for.
ReplyDeleteThese furlough days are taking away great amounts of time from class and our education. I feel rushed and like teachers have to skip over main sections to get through each section of the course. These days don't help anybody and isn't saving money anywhere, its just causeing us to pay higher tuition fees for less days of school, I think its a bunch of BS what the state and gov't have done to our schools education.
ReplyDeleteThe tuition increase coupled with the decrease in class instruction days have left me wondering what I'm paying for. While the CSU system is relatively affordable as a 4 year education, the schools are making it harder and harder to plan financially for each semester. The furlough days are a desperation move that while necessary now, will not fix the problem down the road. The state needs to focus on education as one of its priorities and find a solution that adds value, rather than taking it away.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though with an increase in tuition, should also come an increase in the quality of services offered (i.e more classes available, more parking available, etc.) Instead, we are being forced to pay nearly double the amount of what tuition once cost students and in return we recieve fewer classes, less parking availble, etc. A school that was once recognized for the quality of education that it offers its students, is now getting a bad reputation because students feel as though they are getting cheated out of their education!
ReplyDeleteI understand that this is a hard time for everyone within the country.. With lay-offs leaving many to depend on unemployment and such. Meanwhile the banks are getting their massive bail outs becuause their execs are giving themselves bonuses. And yet education funding is short? By millions of dollars?? Thus the youth out there that are attempting to succeed are shut back down. How does the government expect a better future for society if the next generation will be left ignorant and broke?
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