BROKEN PROMISES:
The Impact of Budget Cuts and Fee Increases
on the California Community Colleges
By Jack McCurdy
A Report from
The California Higher Education Policy Center
October 1994
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SECTIONS
Broken Promises
Aggressive Marketing and Recruiting
A Difference in Outlook Between State and College Officials
College Funding and the Master Plan
The "Core of Access"
Origins of the Enrollment Decline
Analyzing the Enrollment Drop
Financial Aid: Does it Help
The Lost Students: Who Were They?
Personal-Interest Students: Still an Albatross?
Funding the Colleges
Where Cuts Have Been Made
Cutting Unfunded Enrollment
Cutbacks to Build Reserves
The Buildup of Reserves
Equipment and Maintenance Neglected
Conclusion: Colleges Unfunded
SIDEBARS
Telling the Story
The Los Angeles Community College District
Peralta Community College District
College of the Canyons
Lassen College
Pasadena City College
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