{"id":5059,"date":"2012-11-06T22:44:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T22:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2012-11-07T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T20:37:10","slug":"we-need-1000-advocates-for-ksc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2012\/11\/06\/we-need-1000-advocates-for-ksc\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need 1,000 Advocates for KSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5060\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2012\/11\/Wisdom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"32\" \/>All four University System of New Hampshire institutions are asking for supporters to help us advocate for higher ed, and we think Keene State can raise 1,000 advocates\u00a0this month. It\u2019s easy.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/advocates.keene.edu\/be-an-advocate\/make-a-commitment\">Sign up at the KSC Advocates site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why do we need 1,000 advocates?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Last year, New Hampshire\u2019s four public colleges and universities suffered <strong>the\u00a0largest budget cut\u2014a 49 % reduction<\/strong>\u2014in our state\u2019s history, indeed in our nation\u2019s history. At KSC, state support now provides <strong>just\u00a06 percent\u00a0of our operating budget<\/strong>. New Hampshire is\u00a0last in the nation\u00a0in per capita funding for public higher education at a time when a well-prepared entering workforce is crucial the economic development of our state.<\/p>\n<p>The USNH Board of Trustees has taken a major step in seeking restoration of the state appropriation. They propose\u00a0<strong>freezing in-state tuition<\/strong>\u00a0and providing more\u00a0<strong>financial assistance<\/strong>\u00a0to needy NH students for the next two years, if the legislators restore the University System\u2019s biennial state appropriation of $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>But we can\u2019t convince legislators by ourselves.\u00a0You have an important voice in this advocacy effort. You can write letters, contact\u00a0legislators, talk to friends, but if you do nothing else, check \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/advocates.keene.edu\/be-an-advocate\/make-a-commitment\/\">Yes, count me in as an Advocate for KSC<\/a>\u201d today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All four University System of New Hampshire institutions are asking for supporters to help us advocate for higher ed, and we think Keene State can raise 1,000 advocates\u00a0this month. It\u2019s easy.\u00a0Sign up at the KSC Advocates site. Why do we need 1,000 advocates? Last year, New Hampshire\u2019s four public colleges and universities suffered the\u00a0largest budget &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2012\/11\/06\/we-need-1000-advocates-for-ksc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">We Need 1,000 Advocates for KSC<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":5060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5059"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5065,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5059\/revisions\/5065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}