Cal State trustees grapple with boosting graduation rates and enrollment

On July 18, 2017, the Los Angeles Times reported, “Cal State trustees grapple with boosting graduation rates and enrollment.” Here’s an excerpt:

About 31,000 fully qualified students were turned away from California State University for the fall term because their desired school was at capacity, administrators told trustees during a meeting Tuesday as they discussed budget challenges and new directives to increase enrollment at the largest public university system in the nation.

In regards to additional state funding, the Times reported:

The funding boost for this fiscal year, which began July 1, amounted to about half of the additional money trustees had estimated was necessary to meet their budget needs. Revenue from the tuition increase will help cover some of the remaining budget gap.

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