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Cal State system braces for possible cuts in classes, sports due to budget problems and enrollment decline | EdSource

Several thoughts: CA has gradually reduced the share of its budget going to higher ed over the years (from 18% in 76-77 to 12% now). The authors should have used constant dollars in making

Several thoughts: CA has gradually reduced the share of its budget going to higher ed over the years (from 18% in 76-77 to 12% now). The authors should have used constant dollars in making comparisons. It is a choice Newsom and Dem's are making to cut 8% from UCs and CSUs: they could instead increase funding by changing tax rates so that the 1% does not see its wealth increase so very, very much more … Read More

Several thoughts: CA has gradually reduced the share of its budget going to higher ed over the years (from 18% in 76-77 to 12% now). The authors should have used constant dollars in making comparisons. It is a choice Newsom and Dem’s are making to cut 8% from UCs and CSUs: they could instead increase funding by changing tax rates so that the 1% does not see its wealth increase so very, very much more than the 99%.

Californians must decide what is fair, and what our priorities are. As it stands, both Democrat and Republican leaders are intent on accelerating the decline of the middle class: Trump attacks Medicaid, Newsom attacks education. These authors (and EdSource generally) want us to accept cuts to education as inevitable, if perhaps regrettable. Why do they not include sources which propose alternatives?