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Friday, November 13, 2009

Californians Worry About Education, Sacramento Still Unpopular - Bay Area Blog - NYTimes.com


Californians Worry About Education, Sacramento Still Unpopular - Bay Area Blog - NYTimes.com:

"Update 1:54 p.m. Our colleague over at The Choice blog, Jacques Steinberg, points out that Mark Yudof of the University of California system has been named one of Time Magazine’s “10 Best College Presidents.” Sure, he walked into “one of the toughest jobs in higher education” last year, but the article, which ran with a photo of Mr. Yudof rolling up his sleeves, suggests he’s the right man to guide UC to safe harbor. Thoughts on Mr. Yudof, anyone?

California’s foundering higher education system is a source of both pride and worry for state residents, a new poll finds, but most are wary of tuition and fee hikes."

If you or your family or friends work for, attend or live nearby some of the Bay Area schools, we’d like to get your reaction to the plight of public higher eduction and to the poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The poll shows that roughly two in three residents consider the California Community College, California State University and University of California systems “good” or “excellent” — the same level of confidence state-funded higher education has enjoyed for the past two years.

Some interesting divisions along party lines: