New York Times, May 5, 2012, Saturday

New York Times

May 5, 2012, Saturday

New York Times (full article)

At California State, Protesters Start a Fast

But doing so could become more difficult. “California was once the model system, and now that seems to be breaking down at every level,” said Ronald G. Ehrenberg, the director of the Higher Education Research Institute at Cornell. “Cal State was the opportunity that many of the poorest students in the state had to make it into the middle class. By forcing them to restrict enrollment numbers, you’re almost eating the seed corn of the future.”