
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)
Community college juggles reduced state budget and student demands: http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article /20091229/NEWS/912299982/1056&parentprof ile=1056
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Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) Interesting editorial out of the LA Times:
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Great beaches, a gentle climate and the best system of public higher education in the country, maybe the world. California is famous for all three, but what it deserves abundant praise for is the last of those. ...

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) Let's show some initiative to save colleges' master plan:
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As a native Californian growing up in the 1950s and 60s, I enjoyed the fruits of the California Master Plan for Higher Education.

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)
Great article out of the LA Times today:
The year on campus: lofty rhetoric and change from Washington, financial struggle at colleges
The year on campus: lofty rhetoric and change from Washington, financial struggle at colleges -- lat
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For higher education, 2009 was a time of lofty goals and harsh realities, of major policy shifts in Washington and financial struggle on campuses nationwide. In Washington, President Barack Obama called for the United States again to lead the world in college attainment by 2020. ...

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)
Honoring the mission and vision of California's Community Colleges -- for ALL studentsRead more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mpar k/detail??blogid=164&entry_id=53861#ixzz 0aLg33M6W
City Brights: Marina Park : Honoring the mission and vision of California's Community Colleges -- fo
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Blog:City Brights: Marina Park: 53861 : Honoring the mission and vision of California's Community Colleges -- for ALL students

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) A four-year degree from a two-year school? It could happen:
www.contracostatimes.com
State lawmakers could give community colleges limited abilities to offer bachelors degrees, following the lead of more than a dozen other states.

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East Bay educator to become U.S. community college czar: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtrib une/localnews/ci_14011891
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Laney Colleges president departs to begin a federal job considered key to President Obamas economic policy.

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The next new thing: focusing on community colleges: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/op inion/2010516215_lynne16.html?prmid=op_e d
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City College Hosts Another Meeting In Opposition to Budget Cuts:http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue /2009-12-10/article/34248?headline=City- College-Hosts-Another-Meeting-In-Opposit ion-to-Budget-Cuts
City College Hosts Another Meeting In Opposition to Budget Cuts. Category: News from The Berkeley Da
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Top educators fight to preserve California's 50-year master plan for higher education: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/20 09/12/top-educators-fight-to-preserve-ca lifornias-50year-master-plan-for-higher- education.html

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Keep the Promise of Affordable Higher Education: http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/ site/?q=node/7208
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The Master Plan for Higher Education promised affordable access to a high quality post secondary education for all Californians who wished to pursue it.

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Top college administrators urge greater support for California's higher education plan: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news /ci_13945435
Top college administrators urge greater support for California's higher education plan - San Jose Me
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In a public hearing in Sacramento, college leaders said that the states three-tiered college system should not be trimmed due to budget problems ” rather it should be strengthened to build a better educated workforce for the future.

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With no limits in place, another community college fee hike likely: http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news /ci_13942859?nclick_check=1
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Community college fees, already at their highest point in history, probably will rise again in 2010. College leaders, students and some legislators want to know sooner rather than later.

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Chancellor Scott Gives Tips for Weathering "Difficult Times" in new Pasadena Star News piece: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_ 13934269

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Could California face a “brain drain” of college students?
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php ?_c=yggw84asudp2oh&xid=yggkgo8qf8xygh&do ne=.yggw84asue82oh
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In the 2007-2008 academic year, California did something it had not done since the 1980s: sent more college students out of state than it received from elsewhere.













