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In the News

Thursday, October 4, 2012

 
Community colleges' crisis slows students' progress to a crawl
Thousands of degree seekers are able to enroll in only one class at a time. Hopes of graduating or transferring wither as years pass.

The first course Charity Hansen is taking as a freshman at Pasadena City College is a basic class on managing time, speaking up in discussions, setting ambitious goals and then going after them. If only she could. It's the only class she managed to get this semester. No math. No English. No science. "I can't use what I'm being taught yet because I can't get these classes," said Hansen, a 19-year-old from Los Angeles who hopes one day to become a psychologist. "It's frustrating." Hansen's college education has stalled just as it is beginning. Like thousands of students in California's community college system, she has been reduced to taking one class because there's no room in other classes.

Complete Story: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-college-one-class-20121004,0,4815212.story?track=rss

 

CSU names head of UC Riverside as new chancellor

California State University trustees have picked a leader from the state's other public university system to replace outgoing chancellor Charles Reed. Timothy P. White, who heads the University of California's Riverside campus, will take the top position in the Cal State system, overseeing 23 campuses that serve 427,000 students and employ 44,000 faculty and staff. White, 63, has been in charge of UC Riverside since 2008. During his time there the campus established new graduate schools - in public policy and medicine - and served more minority students than any other UC campus.

Complete Story: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/10/csu-names-head-of-uc-riverside-as-new-chancellor.html