Normally, the student government associations at small community colleges are focused on the social life of students. Parties and events need to be planned and evaluated, but rarely does it extend to the world of Maryland politics. But this year is turning out to be the exception to that rule for Chesapeake College’s SGA.
With proposals on the table that would reduce support for Maryland’s community colleges and likely lead to a tuition increase of several hundred dollars, the Chesapeake’s SGA leadership decided that had to speak out.
In the interview with the Spy, SGA president Caroline Jones, Michael Beverley, Deep Patel, and Megan Murphy talk on the impact of higher tuition cost, the SGS lobbying effort in Annapolis, and their optimism that Governor Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly will find a way to keep current funding in place.
This video is approximately three minutes in length
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