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California Budget News
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- Community College LeagueALERT—July 9, 2008
Write Your Legislators About the State Budget!
- Community College professors plan door-knocking to influence Republican legislators
Community college teachers and volunteers will knock on doors and leave door hangers in Sacramento neighborhoods tonight as way of turning up pressure on two Republican state legislators who are critical to the ongoing budget battle.
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Randi Weingarten Elected AFT President |
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 Antonia Cortese Elected Secretary-Treasurer; Lorretta Johnson Elected Executive VP
Delegates to the 2008 American Federation of Teachers convention on July 14 elected a new slate of national officers, voting to install Randi Weingarten as president, Antonia Cortese as secretary-treasurer and Lorretta Johnson as executive vice president.
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When The Economy Goes Down, Community Colleges get Crowded |
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Thousands of students -- people battered by layoffs or fearful of losing their jobs -- will flock to community colleges this fall for retraining or polishing job skills, officials say. Despite an anticipated 11% jump in enrollment…
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Four-Year Schools get Bigger Share of Revenue Pie |
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Today, more people are expected to begin their college education at community colleges, which sit at the bottom of the pecking order for funding for higher education. The country spends about three times more to educate students at four-year universities than to educate community college students, Education Department data show.
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L.A. Community College to put $3.5 Billion Bond on November Ballot |
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The Los Angeles Community College District has prepared its own $3.5-billion property tax increase to repair and replace aging campuses -- and train students to use "green" technologies. And other tax boosts are expected to compete for voters' increasingly light pocketbooks.
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