CHANCES FOR COLLEGE WORSENING : CALIFORNIANS BORN IN '80S FACE CRISIS, STUDY PROJECTS.Byline: Mary Beth Alexander Daily News Staff Writer More than 1 million California students will be denied access to higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. by 2011 because colleges and universities won't have enough money or room for them, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a RAND Corp. report to be released today. The report, ``The Future of Public Undergraduate Education undergraduate education Medtalk In the US, a 4+ yr college or university education leading to a baccalaureate degree, the minimum education level required for medical school admission; undergraduate medical education refers to the 4 yrs of medical school. Cf CME. in California,'' predicts a crisis in higher education unless funding problems are solved and state education leaders revise a 36-year-old master plan, which promises higher education access to everyone who would benefit from it. ``To credit the systems, they're doing an excellent job with the dollars they have,'' said Michael Shires, who conducted the study for RAND's Institute on Education and Training The Institute on Education and Training is RAND's education-related division. It has distinguished educational reforms that work from those that do not. Two things which it says have helped the American educational system are: Already, nearly 250,000 prospective students a year are staying away from higher education because of the recession, higher fees and less state funding, according to the report. The state's population is expected to expand by 10 million people in the next 15 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time report states, and more than 500,000 new students will flock to California community colleges, the California State University system California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. and University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). campuses. At the same time, the three public higher-education systems will lose ground - to school systems operating kindergarten through 12th grade, to prisons and other corrections service, and to health and welfare programs - in competition for money from the state general fund. In 15 years, the report projects, higher education could receive far less than the current 10 percent slice of the general fund. In addition, colleges and universities will need about $16 million for new buildings and classrooms, but be long shots in vying for the the projected $30 billion in state funds available for new facilities. The report is one of several released in the past two years detailing dire projections for Californians' chances for higher education. Educational leaders said the studies are sobering. ``The RAND report is just the latest alarm bell,'' said Molly Broad, executive vice chancellor of the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. system. ``I think this report paints a starker picture than any of the previous reports.'' ``I'm very concerned about it,'' said Richard Follet, academic affairs president for Los Angeles Pierce College
Shires said the key to averting the potential crisis is a more efficient approach to education by all three systems, an effort by each system to increase the state's return on revenue invested in updating procedures and technology, and a revised, more ``realistic'' Master Plan for Higher Education. ``I don't think it's hopeless,'' Shires said. ``I think that the California higher education systems have already made some significant progress. I think there's a long way to go.'' |
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