For every freshman enrolled at a CSU campus, two students transfer from a community college. Average age of undergraduates is 24. Fifty-six percent are women. Over half of CSU students are non-white. A California state prison guard with a high school diploma and six years of experience earns more than a Ph.D. Associate Professor at a California State University with six years of experience.
Higher education opens doors.
It lets hard-working parents imagine a better future for their children and gives young adults the practical skills to make it into the middle class. But now that engine of opportunity is in danger. California's State University system, the largest and most inclusive senior college system in America, has been damaged by state funders just as a tidal wave of new students comes to class. California's State Universities serve a third of a million students statewide and reflect the state's true diversity more accurately than other California universities. Latino enrollment at CSU campuses has almost doubled.