<p>Modagunn: I guess what I’m saying is that there’s a human face, and it’s thousands of people strong, and everyone already knows that. For example, the CSU board voted a 20 percent fee increase on July 21, effective for fall. Students like me were notified of this July 28. For a full time student at my CSU, that’s about $500-600 in new fees. However, there’s going to be no increase in the state grant programs that help low income students with these fees, so thousands of people like me at the lowest income level have just gotten bills that may cause dropping out of school. Likewise, thousands of HS students who have been working towards college with the expectation that there was a space and scholarships for them in the state system may be denied next year, because of enrollment cuts and possible cuts in the programs they’ve counted on. </p>
<p>All of this stuff is basically daily news in CA, part of an ongoing nightmare of budget crisis we’re having.</p>