Fighting for the People's University
Designed by SQE Student Organizers and Painted by Raul Gonzalez
Students for Quality Education (SQE) was formed in 2007-2008 by students in the California State University (CSU) system to build the student movement for educational rights in public higher education. We were assisted in our efforts by the California Faculty Association.
Our movement for educational justice in the CSU is not new. Students in the 1960s fought to open up the University for working families and immigrant students. They demanded high quality and relevant education, and badly needed student services such as the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). From this movement the CSU grew to become the People’s University, open to all who met the basic requirements for entrance.
California State University students who engaged in a week-long
hunger strike over soaring tuition and high executive pay have
ended their fasts.
The dozen students at six campuses convinced CSU to consider one
of their demands: extending free speech areas.
Members of Students for Quality Education (SQE)—who organized
support for the hunger strikers—said they believe the action lent
a voice to the 40,000 students who have been turned away from the
CSU due to lack of priorities and mismanagement of funds.
A group of 13 Cal State University students from six campuses
continue their hunger strike to protest tuition hikes, enrollment
caps and cuts of other services and programs.
On March 1 students up and down the state will
Stand up For Public Higher Education on California State
University campuses. The actions on CSU campuses are organized by
Students for Quality Education.
Students at Sacramento State waged a three-day sit-in in the
campus administration building beginning April 13, calling on the
campus president to commit to a moratorium on new pay and perks
for university management and to support legislation for greater
transparency and funding for the CSU.
The sit-in was ended forcibly early Saturday morning via a police
raid involving officers in riot gear.
