Petitions
We advocate a simultaneous bottom-up (grassroots driven) and a top-down (citizen legislative influence) approach to changing California's public higher education.
Citizens, students, and parents need to make their grievances known to local university officials and state-wide administrators.
Specific practical suggestions for improvements should be made; we should press universities and legislators for action on the following:
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Freezing/reduction of tuition and fees;
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Full disclosure of data on student loan/debt statistics and corporate arrangements with universities;
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Expand distance learning and other innovative methods to produce less expensive, quality higher education;
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To stimulate competition, revise or eliminate accreditation regulations for liberal arts colleges;
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Improvement of curricula to prepare students as citizens for the challenges of modern society
A example of a formal "Petitions and Grievances" document for use at a local university is here:
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