The cost of attending CSU campuses has been a big debate due to the sudden increases in student fees as of late. Even the CSULB Right Wing jumped to the conclusion that, YES student fees are unreasonably high. Some radical left wing groups pander to the idea that fee hikes are racist!!!!!
The CSULB Right Wing begs to differ! According to simple research that took me all of 10 minutes one can find the state budget allocation for the 2009-2010 year as well as the CSU system breakdown of financing.
This year the state of California is allocating 13% of the state budget for higher education. Also, primary education in the state of California is 31.6% totaling all education cost for the state of California at 41.6%! That is quite a bit for education considering the population and other state operations that must be financed…
The fact of the matter is that the CSU system is here to help less fortunate students families primarily, however not everyone can attend college and the state of our CSU system is the prime example! Due to the increased prestige of certain CSUs the need to give professors financial raises is necessary to secure the best professors to get the highest quality of education possible, so please bleeding hearts stop saying students get nothing in return.
Our universities are over populated and cannot sustain the caliber of education dished out with the combinations of increased enrollment and decrease of financing. For every three dollars the state distributes to the CSU system alumni donate one dollar. (Donations for the 2008-year to the CSU system totaled 442 million)
Currently students pay for about 33% of education costs for a college degree in the CSU system according to the present rate whereas the difference is financed by the state. I think that is a pretty good deal and if cutting enrollment is the only way to sustain the CSU system then unfortunately lets the cuts continue. Again, society must remember that going to college is not an entitlement, but a privilege. Ones unfortunate financial upbringing should not entitle one to a free education unless one possesses the required academic merits set by the University.
If you don’t believe this do the research yourself…..
http://www.calstate.edu/PA/2009Facts/funding.shtml
http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/BudgetSummary/BSS/BSS.html
