Alex Gonzalez recently retired after serving 12 years as the president of California State University Sacramento. His professional career in higher education included 36 years in the the California State University as a faculty member, department chair, provost and president.
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Investment in Higher Education is Essential to Regional Business Growth
For the first time since 2006, California’s governor and Legislature will provide the California State University the funding its Board of Trustees had sought for this academic year. Of course the level of funding does not approach what it was before the great recession, but it does provide an opportunity for the largest system of higher education in this state and country to meet the continued demand for education sought by thousands of potential students.