(From the Loratta Sanchez campaign.) Leaves Community Colleges Hoping to Transfer to UC System High and Dry SANTA ANA, CA – Last week, CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1440, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act (STAR Act), into…
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Students Support Torrico’s Fair Share for Fair Tuition Bill
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
In this video two Orange County student activists Ethan Matsuda and Jackie Rodarte advocate for the passage of AB 656, Alberto Torrico’s Fair Share for Fair Tuition bill. AB 656 will help reverse the skyrocketing fees and tuition at our UC, CSU and community college campuses. While California is struggling with record deficits and education funding is being gutted, big oil is enjoying historic profits. But California is the only major oil producing state in the country that doesn’t charge big oil their fair share.
California Community Colleges need to improve transfer rates to universities
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
“When courses do not transfer from a community college to a four-year institution, students lose valuable time and taxpayers waste a lot of money,†said Chancellor Jack Scott. “Improving how colleges and universities prepare students for transfer is a cost effective strategy for increasing graduation rates. My advice to cash strapped states is to invest a small amount of resources into developing common transfer agreements.
Gavin Newsom Sits Down With TheLiberalOC
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
I had the opportunity to sit down with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Tuesday afternoon in the offices of the Orange County Labor Federation prior to his town hall meeting at Santa Ana College. Newsom is running for Governor and has…
When Republicans Raise Taxes They Don’t Call Them Taxes (They Call Them Tolls, Fees or Tuition)
by Michael D. Fox • • 4 Comments
The Orange County Transportation Corridor Agencies, dominated by local Republican politicians such as Jerry Amante (“Toll Road Jerry”) of Tustin and Orange County Supervisors Pat Bates and Chris Norby, has announced that tolls on the 73, 241, 261, and 133…
What if the University of California shut down?
by Mike Matsuda • • 1 Comment
What would happen if the entire University of California shut down? There would be 262,845 students without a college to attend. That’s a quarter of a million students who no longer have the grasp of higher education within their reach.…
