New CSU system reality: Class load limits
It's the latest sign that things aren't what they used to be on California's college campuses.
Students are signing up for fall classes, and on many California State University campuses they're bumping into new, tighter limits on the number of classes they can take.
The policy change is more fallout from last year's state budget cuts, a 20 percent hit for California's public universities that prompted CSU to slash course offerings and left students at some schools piled up in hallways unable to find a seat.
Heading into the fall, CSU is trying to smooth the course registration process and give students of all grade levels a better shot at getting the classes they need. Campuses are limiting the number of courses students can register for in advance, hoping the restrictions will leave fewer students scrambling at the start of next semester.
It is an efficiency spurred by crisis: At many CSU campuses, students registered early for many more classes
Students are signing up for fall classes, and on many California State University campuses they're bumping into new, tighter limits on the number of classes they can take.
The policy change is more fallout from last year's state budget cuts, a 20 percent hit for California's public universities that prompted CSU to slash course offerings and left students at some schools piled up in hallways unable to find a seat.
Heading into the fall, CSU is trying to smooth the course registration process and give students of all grade levels a better shot at getting the classes they need. Campuses are limiting the number of courses students can register for in advance, hoping the restrictions will leave fewer students scrambling at the start of next semester.
It is an efficiency spurred by crisis: At many CSU campuses, students registered early for many more classes
