Author: The Roundup News
The site that leads to NOWHERE
A pretty face isn’t enough to cover up the lack of content of the Pierce College Web site.
A lot as empty as our commitment
There’s a lot more than complaining that would help the parking situation.
Growing our way to financial security.
Pierce College is doing better than most when it comes to the budget crisis affecting other Community Colleges. There’s a reason.<br>
Fees on the rise
Do not be alarmed by a possible enrollment-fee increase of at least $6 per unit sometime next year for California community colleges.
As of press time, there is no official news release about the fees returning $26 per unit-a price last paid in the summer of 2007-but there has been a speculation it will rise to $30 as soon as July 1 of next year.
It’s not easy being ‘green’
For Pierce College to merit the label “green,” it should require every aspect of this school to be eco-conscious – this, we have not yet fully achieved. The Clinton Climate Initiative honored the Los Angeles Community College District’s Green Building Program, which is the highest environmental accolade in the state, but how much of the school’s efforts are going to waste? Every environmentally-efficient act the school and district takes seems to be countered by an almost equally harmful one.
The budget of our futures
As students, our failure to act in unity has cost us greatly in terms of community college funding. California community colleges may lose up to $525 million, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2008-09 state budget. Community college enrollment is rising, especially at Pierce College, yet the amount of money we receive from the state is plummeting.
Budget Editorial
As students, our failure to act in unity has cost us greatly in terms of community college funding. California community colleges may lose up to $525 million, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2008-09 state budget. Community college enrollment is rising, especially at Pierce College, yet the amount of money we receive from the state is plummeting.
Vote Yes on prop 92
Feb. 5 is a monumental day for community college students to make a significant difference in the voting booths. Proposition 92 directly impacts the amount you spend on education by lowering the unit price from $20 to $15. Potentially, $70 million in fee revenue would be lost to the state, but K-14 will earn $300 million annually.