Editorial: Tiburon marine lab closure plan a loss for students, SF Bay health
Sadly, it’s the sign of the times.
Just north of us, Sonoma State University is eliminating a number of academic departments it has offered and its athletic teams are being dropped to close its budget gap.
San Francisco State is facing a similar dilemma – a “financial emergency” – caused by a reduction in state funding for the university system and a downturn in enrollment. Its leadership has decided to close the Estuary and Ocean Science Center at the Romberg Campus in Tiburon. The bayfront marine lab is the only one of its kind on San Francisco Bay.
The center, which is a scientific hub, teaching space and conference center, has been on the budgetary chopping block for several years. In 2023-24, low enrollment led the university to eliminate the master’s degree offered in estuary science, instead adding it to the college’s biology graduate program.
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