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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- 2008
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Students for California's Future: News - November 8th - 22nd, 2009 *Get Involved by Signing Up for the Newsletter and Joining the Facebook Page* Links to the full articles are available at http://www.studentsforcalifornia.org...
Basel Saleh According to a report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education "Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education," 20 years ago, the U.S. was ranked #2 (after Canada) in the percentage of 25-64 years old with a college degree, today we are ranked # 7. Student's borrowing more than... doubled between 1998-2008 from $41 BILLION to $85 BILLION. Minorities are at risk of dropping out of college because of tuition increases. this will only extenuate the racial income divide and strengthen the power of the ruling elite.
Basel Saleh In the U.S. the Forbes 400 richest people in America are worth $1.2 trillion dollar, almost 10% of U.S. GDP. Tuition increased by 92% since 1999 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the state is broke, how do they expect people to have money. The U.S. is moving towards 100% privatized public education. You c...an't commodify everything that matters to people's life and living. Education and health care are merit goods. In Europe public education is a protected right, only in the U.S. everything is for sale.
Kari Does anyone know what AGENDA 21 is?
Location:Anywhere and Everywhere, California
Time:5:25AM Thursday, November 19th
www.dailybruin.com
The Committee on Finance of the UC Board of Regents approved two undergraduate student fee increases that would raise current fees by a total of 32 percent for fall 2010.
cbs2.com
Financially hobbled University of California moved Wednesday to boost student fees by 32 percent over two years as students staged raucous demonstrations against the higher costs.
Students for California's Future Statewide Call to Action to Defend Public Education at UC Regents Meeting NOV 18TH-19TH @ UCLA: Please invite all your friends!
WHOSE UNIVERSITY?! OUR UNIVERSITY!!
Location:Covel Commons, UCLA
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, November 18th
Students for California's Future
WHAT?
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18th: PRESS CONFERENCE AND RALLY COVEL COMMONS @ 12 NOON
THURSDAY, NOV. 19th: STATE-WIDE RALLY TO DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND HOLD REGENTS ACCOUNTABLE, COVEL COMMONS @ 12 NOON
WHY?
The
UC Regents will be meeting at UCLA November 17-19th and will be voting
on proposed fee hikes of 32% over the rest of th...e 2009-2010 school
year. This is in addition to the 9.3% fee increase last spring. If
these fee hikes pass, it will be the first time in the history of the
University of California that fees will exceed $10,000 per year. Why
are we paying more for less?
In solidarity with unions and faculty, the students of the University of California seek the following:
▪LOWER STUDENT FEES
▪STOP THE PRIVATIZATION OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
▪DEFEND THE RIGHT TO QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION
▪PRIORITIZE FUNDING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
▪STOP THE RESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
▪ENSURE ACCESS AND DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
▪RESPECT WORKERS’ RIGHTS AND CONTRACTS
Don't
go to UCLA? NO PROBLEM. There will be buses leaving from all other UC
campuses to send people to support the cause. Contact your student
government to find out more about it.
INVITE ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND MAKE SURE THAT DON'T MISS OUT ON THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION IN UCLA HISTORY!!!
http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=
WHOSE UNIVERSITY?! OUR UNIVERSITY!!
Location:Covel Commons, UCLA
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, November 18th
Students for California's Future
Two UC
Regents, State Superintendent Jack O'Connell and Assembly Speaker Karen
Bass, have the potential to be solid "No" votes against the purposed
fee increases. Unfortunately neither has even committed to even
attending the upcoming Regents meeting.
That's right, O'Connell and Bass are both Regents but THEY DON'T EVEN... ...PLAN ON SHOWING UP!
When
their staff gets back into their respective offices on Monday at 8am,
we need to flood their phone lines all day with calls urging them to
show up and vote no. Unlike most regents, these two are elected
officials and likely to be influenced by calls from voters.
Their phone numbers are:
Superintendent Jack O'Connell - (916) 319-0800
Speaker Karen Bass - (916) 319-2047
We have a very simple script of:
Hi,
my name is _________, and I'm a UC student. I am calling to urge you to
fulfill your obligations as a UC Regent by attending the upcoming
regents meeting and by voting "no" on the purposed fee increases. Thank
you.
With enough phone calls...
Students for California's Future: News - October 1 - 31, 2009 *Get Involved by Signing Up for the Newsletter and Joining the Facebook Page* Links to the full articles are available at http://www.studentsforcalifornia.org...
Students for California's Future: News - November 1-7, 2009 *Get Involved by Signing Up for the Newsletter and Joining the Facebook Page* Links to the full articles are available at http://www.studentsforcalifornia.org...
www.latimes.com
Watching the decline of the California State University system from within its boardroom mirrors the erosion of the California dream.
Students for California's Future Recently released report: "Demystifying Aid for Community College Students" - Inside Higher Ed
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...
Students for California's Future President Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) helping California's future.
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...
