With so many students scrambling to find a CSU or University that will accept them, we shouldn’t be surprised that so many qualified students are met with a resounding “NO!” from admissions committees across California.
As a DVC student with a 3.9 GPA on the verge of transferring, I am increasingly disturbed by the difficulty of searching for a college to call home—let alone, a highly touted one.
For a state with the largest population in the United States, the quantity of UCs and CSUs in the state fall short of reflecting the population. With only 10 UCs and 23 CSUs within the state, the problem is compounded even further by the recession and sobering budget cuts our education department must face.
These problems equal disaster not just for higher learning institutions, but for the students struggling to get into them.
With such a small university system serving such a massive student population, the dilemma we face is something that we should have seen coming years ago. This problem will only get worse if the state refuses to build more institutions to serve incoming students.
The benefits of investing tax dollars into building new universities are more than the obvious. Building new universities creates jobs immediately and stimulates our economy for the future by increasing number the number of college graduates coming out of the CSU/UC system.
While I fear that any immediate resolution in helping my peers have all but disappeared, the least that can be done at this point is provide a stable education for future students.
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