Students for California's Future
Students for California's Future is an expanding grassroots movement of youth and high school, undergraduate, graduate and professional school students who are committed to ensuring a better, brighter future by advocating the importance of education.
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Founded:
2008
 
Students for California's Future
Source: www.latimes.com
Watching the decline of the California State University system from within its boardroom mirrors the erosion of the California dream.
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Students for California's Future Recently released report: "Demystifying Aid for Community College Students" - Inside Higher Ed

Source: www.insidehighered.com
uition rates at California's community college may be low compared to those elsewhere, but that should not permit legislators to ignore the difficulty so many students have paying, says one lobbying organization. Tuesday, the California Public Interest Research Group is releasing a report detailing...
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Students for California's Future President Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) helping California's future.

Source: media.www.thechannelsonline.com
City College has received federal stimulus money from President Obama's recovery package, although the amount is significantly less than originally anticipated. "[The recovery money] is only 25 percent of what we were originally supposed to get," Joe Sullivan, vice president of Business Services, s...
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Students for California's Future Fresno State students fight to increase investment in education.

Source: www.fresnobee.com
Organizers said the protest -- which encouraged students to walk out of class -- succeeded in publicizing complaints about rising costs and reduced benefits. "We got people's attention," said Mayra Miranda, a Fresno State student and representative of Students for Quality Education. The group helpe...
Andrae G. Macapinlac
Source: capwiz.com
Sign the petition to support AB 656
Students for California's Future
Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com
The recession took its toll on college tuition costs this year, with students across the country facing bigger bills because of reduced state spending on higher education and diminished campus endowments, according to a College Board report released today. And...
Laura Kerr
October 21 at 10:17am
A Alex Yarijanian
A Alex Yarijanian
SHAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
October 21 at 11:12am
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Students for California's Future "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

Source: www.kcsb.org
On Wednesday, October 14th, a coalition of faculty, students, staff, and concerned Californians, student groups, campus entities, labor unions, academic departments and centers, and departmental chairs from throughout the state of California will take part in the daylong “Defending the University: A...
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Students for California's Future Students at Fresno State planning walk out to protest student fees on October 21st.

Source: collegian.csufresno.edu
Two student organizations have collaborated on planning a student walkout at California State University, Fresno, to protest rising fees and prevent further increases in the CSU system.
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Students for California's Future "College cutbacks making it harder to earn degrees" - We need to increase investment in education and ensure a brighter future.

Source: www.presstelegram.com
SAN FRANCISCO - It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree. The likely resu...
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Students for California's Future "California bill seeks oil tax to aid colleges"

Source: www.sfgate.com
A state lawmaker says he's found a way to give California's cash-strapped colleges and universities nearly a billion extra dollars a year - but those schools, at least for now, are saying "no thanks."
Donna Takash
Donna Takash
You'd have to be crazy to surf in this storm.
October 12 at 4:06pm
Students for California's Future

Students for California's Future Defending the Public University, Thursday, October 15 @ UCLA; please invite your friends to attend.

Location:KERCKHOFF GRAND SALON
Time:2:00PM Thursday, October 15th
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Students for California's Future UCSA President Victor Sanchez and CSSA Chair Steve Dixon delivered a report to the Student Senate for CCC this afternoon; the collaborative work continues.

Chris Younger
Chris Younger
Team Work!!!!
October 11 at 2:13pm
Cris Ruiz
Cris Ruiz
I hope so, UC, CSU and CCC need to start working togehter to accomplish "positve change" for higher education for "ALL", not just for one group!...We need to leave the politics for the politicians and rememebr that we are ADVOCATES!!!....
October 11 at 2:35pm
Mateo Vincent Herrera
Mateo Vincent Herrera
Please fight for dramatic and radical change b/c everything else is a waste of time
October 11 at 2:49pm
Students for California's Future
Source: www.timesheraldonline.com
Though the 2010 fall semester is nearly a year away, California State University students are scrambling now to get signed up for classes, sending early enrollment rates soaring. That trend can be found at California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, one of 23 CSU campuses. Statewide, some 66,399 stud...
Students for California's Future
Source: www.nytimes.com
For example, the Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported on the plight of California’s community college students. For generations, talented students from less affluent families have used those colleges as a stepping stone to the state’s public universities. But in the face of the state’s bu...
Luz Calvo
Luz Calvo
This is a very interesting article. What can we do to get an education stimulus for States??? Let's get a campaign going around that! Can we get someone to sponsor a bill? Is there a bill out there we can get behind?
October 9 at 10:44am
Students for California's Future
Source: media.www.sonomastatestar.com
The following article is from The Daily Trojan, USC's student newspaper Students trying to take courses at community colleges in California are facing challenges after stimulus funds fell short of expectations, forcing another round of budget cuts. The California State Legislature hoped to receive...