Budget Woes Take Their Toll on Cal State University System

by E Wayne Ross on April 6, 2009

Wall Street Journal: Budget Woes Take Their Toll on Cal State University System

SAN FRANCISCO — Relentless budget cutting by California lawmakers is taking some of the luster off the California State University system, one of the state’s most prized institutions.

Once regarded as a national model, the 23-campus system is reeling from more than $500 million in budget cuts and underfunding over the past two years. As a result, CSU officials for the first time are dropping the policy of accepting all qualified applicants to schools of their choice in a system now brimming with more than 450,000 students.