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MEDIA ADVISORY - California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott to Participate Tuesday in Community College League of California Webinar on Gov. Brown’s May Revised Budget Proposal

May 14, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott, Community College League of California CEO/President Scott Lay, California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor for Fiscal Policy Dan Troy and Community College League of California Director of Fiscal Policy Theresa Tena will participate in two webinars at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday to discuss Gov. Brown’s revised state budget proposal that detailed the $16 billion deficit and how California’s 112 community colleges – the nation’s largest system of higher education – will be impacted. These calls are open to all campus constituencies, the media and other interested parties. Questions submitted via the webinar will be answered at the conclusion of the initial presentation.

Media Statement — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott Reacts to Gov. Brown’s May Revised Budget Proposal; If November Tax Initiative Fails it Could be the Breakpoint for Some Community Colleges

May 14, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott today released the following statement on Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised 2012-13 state budget proposal:

"It's clearer than ever that voter approval of the governor’s tax initiative in November is the only way to avoid the further dismantling of the California Community Colleges. If the measure fails, our system will suffer a roughly $300 million trigger cut in January. Community colleges have been cut by $809 million, or 12 percent, in the past three years. We’ve been forced to shut the door on hundreds of thousands of potential students who are hungry for a college education."

California Community Colleges Board of Governors honors five with 2012 Classified Employees of the Year Awards

May 11, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The California Community Colleges Board of Governors named Doris Brinkley-Hankins, Kim Christiana, Scott Ludwig, Patricia Murray and John Welch as 2012 California Community Colleges Classified Employees of the Year and honored them at the May 8 board of governors meeting in Sacramento.

Media Statement — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott Says New Report Highlights Damage Done by Failure to Properly Fund Higher Education

May 9, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott issued the following statement today on the release of a report by the Public Policy Institute of California detailing the declining enrollment of high school graduates in California public colleges and universities:

“This report shows the self-inflicted damage to California’s economy by our failure to properly fund higher education. We have two choices: reverse this trend by restoring access and affordability to higher education, or suffer the consequences of failing to educate the workforce that this state’s economy demands. Increased outsourcing of college education to other states is not a sustainable alternative. Unfortunately, many of these students will not return. California needs to produce more college educated workers who contribute to our economy, not export them.”

Scott noted that the pressures forcing high school graduates to increasingly seek college opportunities out of state also apply to transfer students from community colleges. Transfers from California community colleges to out-of-state baccalaureate granting institutions increased by 36 percent in three years, from 13,909 transfers out of state in 2007-08 to 18,964 in 2010-11.

California Community Colleges Board of Governors Honor Four State Lawmakers for Support of Community College System

May 8, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott and members of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors today honored four lawmakers for their leadership in improving the state’s 112 community colleges.
Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) received the board’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, for his work on a variety of bills, including his leadership in authoring a measure that would implement several recommendations made by the Student Success Task Force. Senator Carol Liu (D – Pasadena), and Assemblymembers Susan Bonilla (D – Concord) and Gil Cedillo (D – Los Angeles) also were honored for their consistent support of community colleges and higher education.

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