"POMONA - For the past year, students, faculty and staff at California's public universities have protested massive budget cuts, but most of their demands have fallen upon deaf ears.
But at Cal Poly Pomona, where a 21 percent budget reduction is threatening dozens of programs and departments, the school president is meeting with legislators to drum up support for higher education.
Cal Poly Pomona President J. Michael Ortiz spent time this month with local legislators to try to persuade them to become 'champions' for higher education. He also invited the campus community to join him.
'No one is really coming out in strong support of higher education,' Ortiz said. 'We would like legislators from this region to say higher education has already suffered enough, and we cannot continue to cut higher education and expect the state to come out of this economic downturn.'"
But at Cal Poly Pomona, where a 21 percent budget reduction is threatening dozens of programs and departments, the school president is meeting with legislators to drum up support for higher education.
Cal Poly Pomona President J. Michael Ortiz spent time this month with local legislators to try to persuade them to become 'champions' for higher education. He also invited the campus community to join him.
'No one is really coming out in strong support of higher education,' Ortiz said. 'We would like legislators from this region to say higher education has already suffered enough, and we cannot continue to cut higher education and expect the state to come out of this economic downturn.'"