On Monday, March 16, thousands of California’s students and faculty will be marching through the streets of Sacramento to protest Governor Schwarzenegger’s draconian budget cuts against education. If these cuts are passed, the Community College League of California (CCLC) estimates that 250,000 students will be denied educational accessibility from CA’s community colleges.

In addition to this, the cuts hitting the CSU’s and UC’s would deny tens of thousands of freshman and transfer applicants.

“The destruction of the higher education system as we know it, is imminent unless something is drastically changed. People of color, low-income, international students, working class students, all those that cannot afford the price of a UC or a CSU will be shut out of the right to an education. Now, the cuts in the CSU and UC system will further hinder access to higher education, creating an effective elitization of education in our state – denying millions their rights and their hope of a better future for them and their families.”

- South Bay Regional Students For Justice, 2004

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