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Report · March 2013

The Impact of Budget Cuts on California’s Community Colleges

Hans Johnson, Belinda Reyes, and Sarah Bohn

Student enrollment rates in California’s community colleges have dropped to a 20-year low in the wake of unprecedented cuts in state funding. Colleges have reduced staff, cut courses, and increased class sizes-all of which have led to declines in student access.

This research was supported with funding from the Donald Bren Foundation, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, and The James Irvine Foundation.

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Access Finance Higher Education