Children's Institute Event Considers Need for Better Data

‘TRASHIQUE’ GALLERY Senior men’s tennis players close out home careers SPORTS Go online to see Esteban Cortez’s photos from this weekend’s fashion show A closer look at the CSU budget woes OPINION MONDAY Issue APRIL 23, 2012 FRESNO STATE COLLEGIAN.CSUFRESNO.EDU SERVING CAMPUS SINCE 1922 Children’s Institute event considers need for better data By University Communications The Central California Children’s Institute at Fresno State is hosting a lunchtime discussion 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, to help community bene- fit organizations appreciate the impor- McClatchy-Tribune tance of collecting and reporting data College applications are in the mail for high school seniors but the stress has just begun as they wait to hear the final decisions from colleges. for individual Asian subgroups. However, added stress for college hopefuls may be in the near future with the recent admissions freeze within 15 CSUs. Speakers are Fresno City Councilmember Blong Xiong; Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzalez, an assistant professor of educational research and adminis- tration at Fresno State; Soua Xiong, a CSU admissions freeze causes high researcher at the Children’s Institute; Jonathan Tran of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center in Sacramento; and Maika Yang, executive director of Stone Soup in Fresno. school grads to face uncertain futures The issue, says Dr. Cassandra By Samuel Cosby Gomez was one of many high school “Those cuts are affecting me too,” Joubert, director of the institute, sur- The Collegian students who was affected by this said Jennifer Orosco, a senior at Clovis rounds the lumping of numerous news. West who already has received admis- cultures into one “model minority” – Asian American/Pacific Islanders – in High school students are worried that “I really like Fresno State,” Gomez sion to Fresno State. “I would’ve liked U.S. Census, local and state data sourc- Fresno State’s projected spring enroll- said. “It’s close to home and it’s a really to graduate in four years, but who es. That doesn’t take into consideration ment freeze will affect their chances of great campus. But I’m going to have to knows how long it will take me to get the unique needs of each subgroup. getting into the university and staying start thinking about other schools to go out of school now?” “Local advocates have expressed close to home. to, or looking at community colleges.” Orosco isn’t the only one affected. the need for breaking out data for the “I’m really disappointed,” said In an interview in March, Paul She said the cuts are also affecting her Southeast Asian population – Hmong, Gabriel Gomez, a senior at Bullard Oliaro, the vice president of student friends. Laotian, Cambodian, etc. – due to the High in west Fresno. “I wanted to take affairs, said that there is a possibility “I know a few of my friends were uniqueness of the histories and life a semester off, and apply in the spring. that cutting enrollment beyond spring going to wait some time before apply- experiences of these subgroups,” Now, I may not even get in.” 2013 might have to happen as well. ing,” Orosco said. “And I have a couple Joubert added. Gomez didn’t apply for fall of 2012, “We’re certainly disappointed that of friends who are juniors who don’t By making certain the applicable hoping that he would be able to work we’re not going to be able to serve all even know if they will apply now.” data are collected, groups like those for a semester and save some money. the students who we want to serve and The cuts will also affect community represented at the meeting will be bet- Fresno State will be closing its doors who want to come to Fresno State in college students here in Fresno. ter able to help Southeast Asian youth to many qualified students as a part of the future,” Oliaro said. Colby Tibbet is a Fresno City College be successful. their plan to cut enrollment by as much Along with this, students will also student hoping to transfer to Fresno The discussion will be in the San as 25,000 students in the long run. The have to carry smaller workloads so all State. Joaquin Conference Room at the plan, which was announced in mid- students can get the classes they need. “I’m still going to apply,” Tibbet said. Central Valley Regional Center at 4615 March, was a part of the university’s Starting in the 2013-14 academic year, “But I’m also going to have to start N. Marty Ave. in Fresno. plan to handle budget cuts. The school students will be limited to taking 15 looking at other places.” is one of 15 campuses that will freeze to 17 units to ensure all students have admissions next spring. equal access to courses. VINTAGE DAYS First place: The Collegian brings Best Online Advertisement Best Special Section home 14 awards Best Cartoon Best A&E Story The Collegian saw another successful year at the annual California College Second place: Media Association’s award banquet Best Color Advertisement — taking home a total of 14 awards on Best Black & White Advertisement Saturday evening. The Collegian won four first-place Best Features Page Design awards: Best Online Advertisement, Best Sports Page Design Best Special Section, Best Cartoon and Best Editorial Best Arts and Entertainment Story. Last year, The Collegian had only one Third place: first place award. Best Group Promotion Opinion editor Tony Petersen, web- Best Video master Dalton Runberg and Staff writ- Best Photo Illustration er Maddie Shannon attended the ban- Best News Page Design quet at Cal State Fullerton. Dalton Rungerg / The Collegian A complete list of awards can be This past weekend’s Vintage Days featured 150 crafts fair booths, 32 student organization food found to the left. booths, 10 student organization game booths, and six third-party food vendor booths. The Collegian THE REAL WORD OF THE DAY sullen (adjective) Showing resentment and ill humor by morose, unsociable withdrawal. Opinion Source: Webster’s New World College Dictionary PAGE 2 OPINION EDITOR, TONY PETERSEN • [email protected] MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 CSU budget woes continue s more and more of the costs was adopted. of higher education are In the last four years, CSU cam- A shifted to students, and news puses have tried to accommodate the of continued budget cuts plague public decrease in funding in a variety of higher education institutions, many ways. The CSU has decreased the total students have started to ask how we number of employees, system wide, by got into this mess 3,000 people. This type of workforce in the first place. decrease has forced professors to teach Many of the bud- more classes with more students in getary decisions them. The CSU has also implemented that impact high- new technology to increase efficiency er education in and decrease personnel and increase California were donations and philanthropic support made more than on all 23 campuses. Some campuses a decade ago have been able to combine adminis- and still impact trative functions to reduce overhead our institutions’ costs. These efforts, however, have not funding today. been enough, and some of the burden ASI President has fallen on students. SELENA FARNESI Tuition Fees: Tuition fees for the CSU have been Currently rising as a result of decreased state (percent) Funding CSU part-time tuition in the CSU is $1,587 support. The graph to the right shows per semester, or $1,058 per quarter, the decrease in state support and totaling $3,174 per academic year. the increase in the cost of tuition. Part-time students are defined as Students now pay more than half the students taking six units or less in a total cost of their education leading semester or quarter. Full-time tuition some to call the CSU system “state sup- is shy of twice the cost of part-time ported” instead of “state funded.” Academic Year tuition. Full-time tuition (6.1 units and You can see from the graph below up) is $2,736 per semester or $1,824 per that the CSU system has increased its Source: California State University Esteban Cortez / The Collegian quarter, totaling $5,472 for the CSU tuition fees at a greater percentage student. than many other public institutions. to cover the difference completely. prised of university administrations, All of these numbers are for CSU The CSU has increased its fees by more Even though students are now paying a Chancellor and a Board of Trustees, students who are in state residence than $1,000 per year while the average 51 percent of the cost of their educa- some argue that the sunset clause is and completely undergraduate increase falls closer to $550 annually. tion, the CSU system still has a short- inappropriate. Assembly Bill 2126 gets degrees. Credential programs, gradu- That said, because the CSU system fall of $500 million. rid of the sunset clause and grants the ate programs and doctoral programs was significantly less expensive than In addition to the fee increases, CSU the authority to regulate itself all cost more than undergraduate many of its competitors to begin with, both the Chancellor’s Office and each from now forward. tuition. All non-resident students pay it has managed to remain among the CSU campus have attempted to reduce Assembly Bill 1501 establishes the a per unit rate of $372 per semester of more affordable public college options. costs, but the budget hole persists. In Middle Class Scholarship Program, $248 per quarter in addition to appli- One must keep in mind, however, that response to this problem, Chancellor which would begin in the 2012-2013 cable CSU system-wide fees, and all all of these figures are only reflective Reed and the Board of Trustees for academic years.

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