We find ourselves in a very different situation than we have had in the past," she said. "Before, if the CSU or UC campuses were pressed to be more restrictive, students had the community college to get a degree or get the courses or units they needed to transfer. But now the community colleges are being hit really hard and students don't have a place to go and there's the unemployment issue."
See that. You know what that means?
Universities just can't keep cutting qualified kids who can pay their way for unqualified kids who can't. The universities have been sending students for remedial classes for years. The worst of them have been sent to community colleges for remedial work. I guess they can't do it now. Alums aren't ponying up.
California TRIED to help by ending affirmative action programs but the universities thought they would be crafty by giving credit for life experience. So if you are a gang member who can't read but got social promotion in high school you were in. Especially if Dad was in prison, mom was a hooker and your family sold drugs. Real crafty wasn't it? Boy that one helped out. The campus is really diverse, failing but diverse.
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