Paulette Perfumo, president of Pasadena City College, told the Hornet that today’s rally is meant to hammer home the message that community colleges can make an important contribution to solving California’s financial woes.
“We are the key to economic recovery,” she said.
“There is soaring unemployment, and those people are coming to us for retraining. While we were glad the cuts weren’t deeper, there were cuts and at a time of soaring enrollment, we need more funding.”
--Chris Haire
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