06/29 San Diego Union Tribune Two-year colleges' fees likely to ris...SACRAMENTO Nearly 3 million California community college students are expected to face a 30 percent, $6-per-unit fee increase this fall regardless of how lawmakers ultimately decide to balance the state budget. |
06/28 Daily Democrat (AP) Yuba college district names new presi...The Yuba Community College District Board of Trustees has hired Dr. Kay Adkins as Yuba College's next president. Adkins currently serves as the Provost of Columbus State Community College and will assume the post of Yuba College President effective July 1, held previously by retiring President, Paul Mendoza. |
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06/26 Community College Times Kanter confirmed, Dann-Messier nominatedMartha Kanter, now the former chancellor of the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District in California, has been confirmed as the under secretary of education at the U. |
06/25 KESQ State's Community Colleges Running Ou...emiller@kesq.com PALM DESERT - Hit after hit, billions of dollars have been cut from California schools. Now, education is the target of more budget cuts. |
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06/25 Pressdemocrat.com California lawmakers try to avoid cas...SACRAMENTO California lawmakers on Thursday began taking steps to avoid having the state issue IOUs instead of paying its bills, even as the state's financial picture darkened and hopes for a quick budget resolution receded. |
06/23 University of California Education investment can spur state's...By Donna Hemmila As California struggles with its greatest budget crisis since the 1930s, leaders of the state's public higher education systems recently highlighted the role universities and colleges can play in digging the state out of the recession. |
06/23 The Huffington Post Community Colleges Get Some RespectObama's main man Rahm Emanuel hinted at a big announcement that's coming from the administration soon to get 5 million extra students through community college in the next 10 years. |
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06/23 Daily Breeze (AP) Supervisors OK $159M in stimulus fundsThe Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved the use of more than $159 million in federal stimulus dollars to expand local work-study and subsidized employment programs for as many as 10,000 residents. |
06/23 Times-Herald (AP) SCC set to OK tentative budgetFAIRFIELD -- Solano Community College trustees tonight will consider next year's $59.3 million tentative general fund budget. The board's special meeting starts at 7 p. |
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06/22 CVBT State budget fix may get vote tomorrowThe California Legislature is expected to vote this week, perhaps as early as Tuesday, on a raft of changes to the state budget to plug a deficit estimated at $24 billion. |
06/21 San Francisco Chronicle City College seeks sponsors to save c...(06-21) 20:55 PDT -- Got a spare $6,000? Chancellor Don Griffin at City College of San Francisco suggests using it to rescue an endangered community college class. |
06/21 San Jose Mercury News State budget: One crisis, two plansUpdated: 06/22/2009 09:16:22 AM PDT Two plans have emerged to close the budget deficit, one proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and another passed by the Democratic-controlled conference committee. |
06/19 Tahoe Daily Tribune (AP) Lake Tahoe Community College likely t...Lake Tahoe Community College will need to scale back its physical education offerings in order to prepare for the state's budget decisions. In early January, the California Legislative Analyst's Office released a report stating that physical education classes are not in the mission of California community... |
06/18 Redlan Dsdaily Facts Legislature releases cut-filled planCalifornia lawmakers passed a budget in February, but as the nation's economic downturn continued, so did the state's balance sheet. Over the past several months, state analysts predicted that in the 2009-10 fiscal year - which begins July 1 - the state would receive between $21. |
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06/17 Suffolk News-Herald.com Facts about community collegesTodays column features some interesting facts on community colleges, according to January 2009 statistics derived from the American Association of Community Colleges. |