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	Vol.7, No 52, November 30, 1999
	CSU budget to pass $244 million due to enrollment By Rebecca Brown Daily Forty-Niner The California State University's budget for next year is expected to surpass the $244 million mark to accommodate the onslaught of incoming freshmen, said CSU Chancellor Charles Reed in a teleconference with student reporters Monday afternoon. More than 360,000 students are enrolled at CSU campuses, and another 13,000 new students will be attending during the 2000-2001 academic year, Reed said.  "Tidal Wave II is here, and we anticipate a 4 percent increase in student enrollment," Reed said. "We need to build the budget based on this."  Eight or nine campuses are studying the feasibility of year-round school for the CSU, Reed said. About $2 million has been spent for the study. Reed said he hopes the Legislature will agree to fund year-round schooling. "We need to help push current capacity, and campuses are reaching it now," Reed said. Cal State Long Beach President Robert Maxson agreed that CSU enrollment is growing, especially at CSULB. "We have a 6 percent increase in students over last year," he said after the conference.  Though Maxson has not seen official figures, CSULB has one of the largest increases in enrollment in the state university system, Maxson said. "Students want to come here," Maxson said. "This is the state university of choice." Reed said he was pleased that so many students worked hard to complete remedial courses. "Students rose to the occasion, striving to meet remedial standards," Reed said. "I am most proud of how hard students worked to complete their remedial courses." Maxson agreed. "I am also proud of our students," Maxson said. "Those who needed a boost in math and English really stepped up to the plate and achieved their goals."  A leveling-off of those needing remedial assistance occurred last year, Reed said. He said he believes the standards and measures the CSU has taken to help students obtain remedial skills are proving to be effective. "I believe in policy -- CSU will always be in the business of remedial education," Reed said. "Hopefully, in the future we will be dealing with it a lot less." Reed said he hopes students will get more math and writing skills in high school and hopes to achieve a partnership with junior colleges that will give students the opportunity to finish their remedial education at junior colleges while still attending CSU campuses.  "I would like us to have a dual relationship, in order to get the reduction done," Reed said. A $15 million plan has been implemented to improve CSU technology after the disbanding of the California Education Technology Initiative, a multi-million dollar plan to upgrade technology for the CSU, Reed said. The money will be used to increase enrollment capacity and Internet access and provide more libraries, personal computers and help desks for students, Reed said.		LBSU 6th in nation   CSU budget to pass $244 million due to enrollment Surf makes you ill   Many reasons to be thankful   Pokemon won't have long run Electronic band scores with sound Men's water polo team drowned at MPSF tournament; finishes seventh   Men's hoops struggles Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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