San Diego State University cuts deaf studies program
A deaf studies program at San Diego State University and a fine arts program at Cal Poly Pomona are the latest to face the chopping block as constricted budgets have forced state universities to take a hard look at their program offerings.
The decisions shed light on the way different colleges are approaching the need for cutbacks.
At SDSU, low student enrollment was a deciding factor. The American Sign Language/deaf studies program is a tiny operation, with just 24 students enrolled, reports the Daily Aztec.
The eight students who are seniors will be able to take the classes they need to graduate from the program, but the other 16 students were told they needed to find other options.
The Daily Aztec interviewed one of those students, a mother of two deaf sons who uprooted her family to San
Bill to tax each teaspoon of sugar in soda left in limbo
The decisions shed light on the way different colleges are approaching the need for cutbacks.
At SDSU, low student enrollment was a deciding factor. The American Sign Language/deaf studies program is a tiny operation, with just 24 students enrolled, reports the Daily Aztec.
The eight students who are seniors will be able to take the classes they need to graduate from the program, but the other 16 students were told they needed to find other options.
The Daily Aztec interviewed one of those students, a mother of two deaf sons who uprooted her family to San
Bill to tax each teaspoon of sugar in soda left in limbo
The evidence was there. UCLA researchers interviewed 47,000 California adults and children and concluded that those who drink one soda per day are 27 percent more likely to be overweight compared to those who pass on pop.
It didn’t matter in a state Senate committee yesterday, though. A bill that would have tacked a penny tax on each teaspoon of sugar in soda was tabled indefinitely, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The bill by Dean Florez, D-Shafter, might have brought an additional $1.4 billion into state coffers, a legislative analysis shows. The money was meant to go toward community programs to promote activity and cut down on
It didn’t matter in a state Senate committee yesterday, though. A bill that would have tacked a penny tax on each teaspoon of sugar in soda was tabled indefinitely, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The bill by Dean Florez, D-Shafter, might have brought an additional $1.4 billion into state coffers, a legislative analysis shows. The money was meant to go toward community programs to promote activity and cut down on