CSU faculty say in new report that funding losses have hurt students of color

On January 12, 2017, the Los Angeles Daily News published an article, “CSU faculty say in new report that funding losses have hurt students of color.”  Here’s an excerpt:

The decline in per-student funding within the Cal State University system has coincided with campus student bodies becoming more diverse, thus making it more difficult for young people of color to obtain a degree, faculty members said in a new report.

The California Faculty Association report, released Thursday, does not accuse policymakers of racism in their funding decisions. Instead, the report argues that the years of increased diversity within the Long Beach-based CSU coincided with a time of growing skepticism over the value of government services.

All the same, faculty contended nonwhite students have been dealt a poor hand.

“Today’s students, the majority being students of color, are paying more for their education than their counterparts, the majority who were white, did so just a few decades ago,” said Cecil Canton, associate vice president of affirmative action for the California Faculty Association.

Read the complete article on the Los Angeles Daily News website.