Budget cuts hit community colleges hard

[turtlerock]

The survey this month of California's colleges by the chancellor's office showed that, since 2008, the number of courses has declined by 24 percent statewide as the system was drained of $809 million, 12 percent of its funding.

Read more: Budget cuts hit community colleges hard - SFGate

[gergreg]

Its kinda sad, because community colleges are supposed to be the cheap alternative.

[CalDud]

This is how it was for me per unit.

2009 - 2010: $26
2010 - 2011: $26
2011 - 2012: $36
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2012 - 2013: $46 < - Price now

Now it's still cheap, but it sucks.

[turtlerock]

^I think it starts to doubly suck when you feel you're paying more, but getting less than you were as well.

[ForeIN]

Not only that but I heard its also more crowded.