Many students in the Cal State and UC colleges have encountered major tuition increases and it has effected their lives, education, and possible future careers.This is a picture of students protesting at Berkeley because of the tuition increases to 32%. To read more about the effects and the protest at these schools click on the link below.
Tuition Protest across California Colleges
I'm not surprised as to how strongly students are reacting to these budget cuts and fee increases! Cal State Fullerton students have held protest ralleys as well as meetings to discuss possible sit-ins during the past furlough weeks. The question is, has the Board of Trustees even taken notice to how students are being affected? Or are they brushing it off as something that we will eventually come to terms with?
ReplyDeleteI think this is horrible that they are increasing fees by so much and having teachers salaries cut back. Our kids deserve to have a good education, many of them are already struggling to make it thru school, taking on 2 jobs just to pay for it. This will cause alot of kids to turn away from a higher education because they can't afford it. Lets give these kids a fighting chance to make something of themselves, this is America.
ReplyDeleteStudents have every right to be angry. It affects everything! It is almost like a domino affect because tuition goes up, classes/sections are cut, furlough days are enforced, and eventually it all falls on the student. We are the ones that get knocked down in the end with the greater level of stress. As a result of these budget cuts I had to skip a semester, simply because the classes I needed were full. I do note that all of my classes only offered one or two sections for that course. If protesting will get us one step closer to receiving our end of the deal then I think all students across California need to step it up a notch.
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The budget cuts are killing students. I'm a student at CSUEB, and not only are they cutting sections, but they aren't even offering some classes every quarter. Some classes are now offered once every year or every other year. Some of these classes are electives, but others are required for graduation. So, if you don't get into a section of one of these classes on your first chance, most likely you will not be able to graduate in 4 years. It's awful. Where are the students supposed to get money to pay for these extra expenses and extra years in school? Banks are much more difficult to get loans from, and their rates are not very good. Parents don't have jobs because of the economy; so, they can't help. The worst part is that there doesn't seem to be an end in site.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sad day when the repercussions of our economic woes and the subsequent budget cuts, are effecting our leaders of tomorrow. Nonetheless, we've always been a resilient society and I have faith that thanks to boisterous and peaceful demonstrative efforts like these, the powers that be will eventually be made to realize the value of an affordable educational infrastructure and initiate the necessary actions to make advanced education attainable to the masses. My late Father liked to compare these situations to that of an old fashioned train. He always said, "The squeaky wheel gets the oil". The lesson learned....if we make enough noise, we can't be ignored.
ReplyDeleteEveryone is right about these furlough days and tuition cuts. What can we as students do to make our voices heard? Well the only option we have is to protest our feelings and if that means to get a little violent and nasty to be heard then so be it. I know every student out there should protest and get involved to get what we want, especially sense a lot of this mess isn't even our faults. Yeah the gov't can sit there and say that we take out loans for school, but for the most part the students graduate and will get jobs to help pay off these loans. It's the people that didn't go to school or dropped out that took out loans to pay for a house or apartment that can't make monthly payments and then go back and are still able to get more money, its bullshit how the banks gave unworthy candidates loans that will never be paid back. I sit here everyday wondering how my ex girlfriend was able to pull out over 100 thousand dollars in loans for culinary school, but when i asked for a 20 thousand dollar loan for 2 years to pay for school and living I got hammered with, o you need a co-signer, u dont make enough, your credit score isn't 800+ even though its 720. I hate the banking system and how they screwed over a lot of people to lead us to this downfall.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It always pissed me off that students with low incomes would get rewarded with grants and their school paid for by the gov't, when most would just end up taking it for granted and stop going to school or just simply not care enough because they know that their school funds will be paid for regardless, because their parents have low incomes. What about the students who NEED that money? Those who actually care to graduate on time and pursue their careers? Because our parents make higher incomes (when even then, they don't even help out with tuition), we are forced to take out multiple loans because the gov't doesn't feel we're needy enough to be given grants??? And now with the cut backs they say some of the money is needed for grants and so fourth to keep such students with aid to attend school. Why should those who want a good education suffer while those who could care less get rewarded?
ReplyDeleteCuts in education are a sad reality of today'e economic situation. Having said that, however, there are priorities that are at play in budget cuts. How much are we spending in law enforcement, criminal justice, incarceration, and parole? Are the two priorites [education and public safety] subject to equal funding and equal cuts? Do we want them to have the same funding in the first place? Prison reform is the hardest thing for politicians to consider with the fear of being branded soft on crime. Administering budget priorities should be the focus of debate instead of a race to cut spending further in one area and not the other. If you want to call changing the way we do business in society as being soft on crime. Go ahead. You are probably going to say that anyway no matter what proposal is on the table.
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