Cal State Campuses Turn Away Qualified Students
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Del.icio.usColleges state wide are having to reject qualified students who have applied for the fall semester. Some who aren’t rejected are wait listed. Almost half of California State University’s 23 campuses will have to turn away students who meet admissions criteria due to the states budget crisis.
The Legislature’s most recent budget deal cuts about $680 million from California’s universities and about $40 million from community colleges. About $510 million of that may be reimbursed by federal funds. Because of the cuts, California State University campuses will accept 10,000 fewer students next year, while the University of California is cutting freshman enrollment by 2,300.
The budget also calls for UC and CSU students to pay 10 percent higher fees next school year. University officials will decide on those proposals in May.
With the economy in general, many students who would like to go to out of state colleges opt for sticking close to home for college to save money. But now it is likely that some of those students will not be able to attend their area state college.
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Editor: Melissa Steele is a freelance writer and focuses her research on funding for higher education. She is a graduate of UNLV and endeavors to keep her readers up to date with the most relevant education information.