Approximately 10,000 people representing public higher education in California gathered around the state’s capitol in Sacramento March 5 to protest increases in tuition at the higher education levels. The increases have been affecting students for the past few years. Organized by the California State Student Association, the Student Senate of California Community Colleges, and the [...]

It’s your senior year of high school or your second senior year of junior college (it’s okay, it happens), and you’re making the pivotal decision as to where you should study for your bachelor’s degree. Your friends are applying to private or public universities while turning their noses up at the pure thought of a [...]

The logic behind the government takeover of student loans to college attendees is a classic case of irrational economics gone wild. However fascinating the proponents’ arguments are, the unintended consequences of this program are what students must pay attention to most. Far from making college more affordable, this program threatens to destroy any hope of [...]

Today, Cal State University students and faculty from the 23 campuses all around the state will protest the fee increases, budget cuts and furloughs, joined by others from more than 100 different schools representing education ranging from K-12 to doctorate programs. The statewide Day of Action will “Mobilize for Education” and will also be extended [...]

Students and faculty from Cal State Fullerton and over 100 different schools, unions and organizations will meet at Los Angeles’ Pershing Square March 4 to march to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office for a rally to protest budget cuts, which continue to affect California’s public education system. The march is sponsored by the Southern California Public [...]

“I have been calling the Cal State University the ‘people’s university’ of California since the 1960s,” said Don Gerth, former president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Sacramento. Gerth recently published “The People’s University: A History of the California State University,” a book tracing the history of Cal State University after friends and [...]

After decades of gradual fee increases, the latest “deal” struck by the University of California regents to raise fees an unprecedented 32 percent has finally crossed the line. A world-class education, essential for the success of yourself, your state and your nation, is slipping away from California’s social contract. Since realizing the inevitable last fall, [...]

By Jamie Iglesias Daily Titan Staff Writer The California Faculty Association discussed the issue of restructuring in the Cal State University and University of California systems on Tuesday. The CFA authored a white paper, a report addressing the issue, entitled “’Restructuring’ the CSU or Wrecking It?” The press conference call focused primarily on the effects [...]