<p>Every year CalGrant comes under attack by the politicians aka morons running this state/country. How can we: students, parents, and california citizens make politicians aware that this cannot happen. There must be some way to stop this from coming up every year, as it has for the past three years that I have been following it. The public fought so hard for this, my parents fought for this, we need to preserve CalGrant and I don’t even qualify because my parents graduated from college, so this is not a self serving post. But I am seriously worried about the kids in this state completely losing their ability to pay for their education:</p>
<p>Proposed cuts:
Cal Grant Award amounts for proprietary and independent colleges are proposed to be reduced as follows:
From $9,708 to $ 4,000 at proprietary colleges and universities
From $9,708 to $ 5,472 at independent colleges and universities</p>
<p>Read the official notice posted on the CalGrant website:
<a href=“CSAC - Student Landing Home”>CSAC - Student Landing Home;
<p>Just continue voicing to your representatives.</p>
<p>You are so right, but how?! Do you have names and addresses, or have your heard of any organizations (student or other) that have taken this on with the idea of protecting it? </p>
<p>The CCC that I am attending is doing exactly nothing to protect CalGrant. Student body is apathetic, administration is apathetic, I was hoping someone on here would know of a group that was at least organizing. If you hear of any, please post again. Thanks!</p>
<p>I actually don’t really have a problem with them reducing the aid for private colleges which is what both of the categories you listed are. Maybe if private colleges are not being subsidized by the state their costs will go down because they will get less students. State funds should be for the state colleges and universities.</p>
<p>That’s fine, but in my view, State money should be for State kids to use however they themselves deem the most beneficial for them personally as human beings. The kids are my concern, not the administration. It is a difference in philosophy and the money for kids is being sucked up by administrators at an alarming rate. Not enough of the funds actually get to the people and children of the families who pay the taxes that fund these programs. The CC that I attend just built a brand new building for their administrators while they closed down the one single small grubby room that offered free sandwiches and coffee to students who were starving while taking classes. The grubby room was all that the school contributed, the rest of the food and coffee was donated. </p>
<p>If kids work hard and get good grades and want to go to Stanford University, or Harvard, in my opinion they deserve those few dollars from CalGrant to help them pay for their tuition. They are california kids—they too should be considered eligible for the money, even though they are not institutions themselves.</p>
<p>I am happy that we have stopped giving calgrant money to “For Profit” schools like the “Academy of Art” in San Francisco, because those schools are ripping both the government and students off. But Stanford and Harvard is a different story.</p>
<p>We don’t give any money to Harvard. Cal Grant money is only for in state schools. I still maintain that there are plenty of good state schools in Cal so privates can take care of themselves.</p>
<p>oh well, “we” americans just get dumber and dumber every day. good thing i watched idiocracy last night—so i can keep my sense of humor. strange that they do give lots of money to other private schools. i was accepted to the san francisco art institute and calgrants can be used there. and it is a private school. no idea why stanford is not worthy and the art institute is. but i never qualify for calgrant anyway because my parents graduated from college. so i can only get blue and gold via the UC systems.</p>
<p>they really just need to fire 90 percent of the administrators at our school, because they are incompetent, and that money would probably fund the entire california school system. i am sure that if they fired all the councilors at our school, the graduation rate would increase dramatically. </p>
<p>every year calgrant gets reduced in some fashion or another. if you guys are not interested in protecting it, then it will soon vanish altogether while the tuition is increased day by day. but if the kids on here are not intersted in protecting it, then i don’t need to expend my energy. at least this has solved the mystery as to why it is disappearing.</p>
<p>Umm… First of all, HARVARD does not get any funds from Cal Grant, as that school is not located in California. Engineer said nothing about Stanford.</p>
<p>Also, if all the administrators were fired (I agree, the schools are waaaaay overstaffed with administrative positions), it would hurt the economy.</p>
<p>I agree with Engineerisme. If a kid HAS to go to private college, then s/he can take out loans. It’s not up to state to fund that choice when there are plenty of excellent public universities in CA.</p>
<p>as i said, i am no longer confused about why calgrant will soon disappear. every year it grows smaller and can be applied to less schools. and i am thrilled that you are so happy about it. now i no longer have to worry about it at all. </p>
<p>no need to comment on the fact that there is nothing wrong with private universities. and calgrant goes to many private universities, including the san francisco art institute. but it used to go to more. </p>
<p>soon it will be gone. you guys will be ecstatic by that time.</p>