From Inside Higher Ed:

At American River College, in Sacramento, desperate times are calling for desperate measures. Like so many community colleges in California, all reeling from $825 million in state budget cuts, American River simply does not have enough classroom space to accommodate all of its students. As a result of unprecedented student demand and a dwindling state budget, small classes have become a thing of the past. Sections at American River with fewer than 22 students have been eliminated, and professors are expected to pack as many students into their classes as the building’s fire code will allow.

Commentary

Unsurprising. For those students caught in a crunch, especially if you’re looking at unfulfilled requirements for graduation, it’s probably worth checking if online education courses from popular online schools will transfer credit to your institution. Taking a class or two online might be the remedy for bursting at the seams classes, especially if you’re on a wait list for a section that’s overfull. As long as the credits transfer, you can take the class online and fulfill your requirements, plus not have to jockey for seating in a crowded classroom.

From Stars and Stripes:

Those activated under Title 10 to serve under the command and control of the president for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are eligible for the new GI Bill after 90 days’ deployed. If they serve 36 month cumulative months under Title 10, after Sept. 11, 2001, they get full GI bill benefits.

But the time that Guard members have spent activated under Title 32, — responding to domestic emergencies or to homeland security missions, or serving fulltime under the Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) program — will not be count toward Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility.

Excluded are Guard members called up to protect the homeland during Operation Noble Eagle after the 9/11 attacks, as well as Guard members activated to respond to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and 6000 called up for Operation Jump Start to bolster border security with Mexico in 2007-2008.

Commentary

A deeply unfortunate oversight that hopefully Congress will rectify. Contact your elected representatives and ask that Title 32 Active Duty be included in the new GI Bill.

In other news, Governor Schwarzenegger had to cut additional funds from California’s public education budget, as well as announcing a State of California garage sale on Twitter.

Scholarship Update

* The scholarship recipient must have plans to enroll for the first time as a full-time student at a Christ-centered Christian college or Bible college within 16 months of being notified by The Christian Connector, Inc. that he/she has won the drawing.
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