About 10,000 fewer students will be allowed to enroll next fall in the California State University system than are currently attending its 23 campuses. Chancellor Charles Reed says the total number of full-time and part-time students at CSU campuses is about 460,000. He plans to cap enrollment at about 450,000. Each campus will have a set total. The chancellor blames a combination of crowding and underfunding for the "degrading quality" of the nation's largest four-year public university system.
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EARLIER: The state's worsening budget crisis is forcing the California State University system to consider turning away some eligible students from all 23 campuses for the first time in its history. Chancellor Charles Reed blames the proposed enrollment restrictions on the state's underfunding of the university's budget, which was cut in September and now faces a midyear cut as financial woes worsen.
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