Most new jobs created in the county through the end of the decade will require some form of postsecondary education, but enrollment at community colleges, essential training grounds for skilled workers, has been declining.
Michele Haggar, director of career and transfer connections at Southwestern College, talks to a class of high school students during a recruitment event on March 16, 2023.
“We have a very unique, special situation where we can attract students not just from other parts of California and within San Diego, but also from across the border in our border region,” Alvarez told At Southwestern College in Chula Vista, which is participating in the pilot, nonresidents pay roughly $4,000 a semester, more than seven times the $550 residents pay, according to the school’s
AB91 expands the eligibility for a tuition exemption to include students who are low-income residents of Mexico, register for lower division courses at a participating community college in San Diego or Imperial counties and live within 45 miles of the border.The following community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties are participating in the tuition reduction program for eligible students in Mexico.
“I think there's a misnomer out there that college is no longer necessary,” Sanchez said, adding, “College is as important as it's ever been.”
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