SACRAMENTO, CA -State funding cuts and tuition increases are forcing California students to look out of state when it comes to attending college. Texas Southern University brought a team of enrollment workers to Sacramento Wednesday for a mini-orientation camp for incoming students. They were able to arrange class schedules and sign up for students housing and financial aid according to TSU vice-president of enrollment Hasan Jamil.
Jamil said the number of California students attending TSU has grown over the last few years because tuition at the University of California and California State University have jumped. Last year the two school systems raised fees by 32 percent and CSU is considering bumping them up by another 10 percent. "I think it's a loss for California to lose these bright students," Jamil declared. "If they do not have access to higher education, what are these students going to do? They're options are limited. And California's workforce is going to suffer."
Shantell Phillips of Elk Grove was excited to learn TSU is offering her a $40,000 scholarship. When she adds in a grant and money from the school's work-study program, her father will only have to pay $110 a year for her to go to school. "Words just explain how this makes me feel. I'm just so happy," Phillips said.
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