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Regent Committee Passes Fee Increase Measure; Full Board Vote Tomorrow
“We have to fix this or we have no future” John Plotts, Assistant Vice President-Finance.
Published on: Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: Breaking News, Budget Cuts, Financial Aid, Nov. 2009 Regents Meeting, President Yudof, Regents, Regents Board Meeting, Student Fees
The United States Student Association (USSA) is urging collegiates nationwide to contact their local senators and fight for student aid reform legislation in a week they have entitled “Raising Pell.” The members of the USSA have strategically decided to go into action the week before the ballot goes out to raise awareness to politicians about the need for student aid reform.
Published on: Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: Cal Grants, Financial Aid, Pell Grants, USSA, Volume 44 Issue 4
Students Vote to Save Cal Grants
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) voted in early August to campaign for the preservation of Cal Grants by pushing the state to amend its constitution.
The campaign came in response to Gov. Swarzenegger’s proposed state budget revision that opts to phase out Cal Grants starting in 2011. If Cal grants are not made permanent prior to that date, nearly half the undergraduate population at UCSC could eventually be affected.
Published on: Monday, September 21st, 2009
Category: Primer 2009
Tags: Cal Grants, Financial Aid, Student Union Assembly, UC Student Association, Volume 44 Issue 1
With California inching closer towards insolvency, legislators must find a way to cut $24 billion from the state budget. But what do students in higher education stand to lose in the budget crisis? City on a Hill takes a closer look at the proposed cuts to the Cal Grant.
Published on: Monday, July 13th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: Budget Cuts, Cal Grants, California Legislature, Financial Aid, Governor Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Stalemate, Student Union Assembly
Bleak Fiscal Prospects for Californians
In an act of despotism and disregard for the voice of California voters, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed cutting many of this state’s most vital programs in his most recent budget plan. Education is once again on the legislative chopping block, and public higher education systems — as well as educational preparation programs — are in grave danger.
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Opinion & Editorial
Tags: Budget Cuts, Cal Grants, Editorials, Financial Aid, Governor Schwarzenegger, Higher Education, Volume 43 Issue 30
California Governor Proposes Catastrophic Cuts
Twelve hours after leaving UC Santa Cruz, the caravan of student government officers and interns prepared to leave Sacramento behind. Hundreds of UC, CSU, and California Community College system (CCC) students filed out of the Capitol Building, clinging to the hope that legislators might heed their testimonies. “What is at stake here,” UCSC Student Union Assembly (SUA) external vice chair Victor Sanchez said to the budget committee, “is more than the future of our system of higher education, but that of the state of California.”
Published on: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Category: Campus
Tags: Budget Cuts, Cal Grants, California Legislature, Financial Aid, Governor Schwarzenegger, Higher Education, Sacramento, Student Union Assembly, UC San Diego, UCLA, Volume 43 Issue 30