Roughly 26,000 California college students wait with bated breath as the state legislature evaluates Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, which includes a drastic cut to the Cal Grant program.
“Go to college” is what every student in America hears growing up. But with 9.7 percent of the U.S. population unemployed, more and more students are hearing “Go to college, and find a way to pay for it.”
University of La Verne students are finding themselves unexpectedly unemployed this year, and many departments are short-staffed thanks to budget cuts and a reduced allocation of work-study funds from the Federal Work Study Program.