PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education (PPIC Publication)

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education
Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek, and Nicole Willcoxon

November 2010

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Some findings of the current survey:

About three-fourths of Californians say state funding for public higher education is inadequate.
Most Californians favor more money for higher education even at the expense of other state programs.
Almost 60 percent of all parents -- and 72 percent of Latino parents -- are very worried about paying for college.
Most Californians say the state’s three college systems are doing a good or excellent job.

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