EDITORIAL THE OLD COLLEGE TRY COMMUNITY COLLEGES DOWNPLAY FUNDING ABUSE.AFTER reviewing as much as $36 million in state funding abuses, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has concluded that ``such violations are very limited or isolated.'' Really? A $36 million problem doesn't sound very ``limited'' to us, but then, money seems to carry a higher value in the private sector. The state had paid the sum to community colleges for bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. dual-enrollment classes in which high school students would earn college credit simply by attending their regular sports practices under the auspices of physical education. 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. the chancellor's report, this illicit Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit intercourse. ILLICIT. What is unlawful what is forbidden by the law. Vide Unlawful. 2. practice - the product of shoddy shod·dy adj. shod·di·er, shod·di·est 1. Made of or containing inferior material. 2. a. Of poor quality or craft. b. Rundown; shabby. 3. ethics and shoddier accounting - took place at about half of the state's 72 community college districts. The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. had 1,195 questionable physical education classes, for which it now must repay the state $510,000. If that's a ``limited or isolated'' problem we'd hate to see what the community colleges consider an outright scandal. |
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