CSU Monterey Bay
100 Campus Center, Seaside (831) 582-3000, csumb.edu
While presidential candidates speak theoretically about what they’re going to do or not going to do about the ballooning student debts, this growing Cal State university is working around the clock to give as many students as possible an accessible, world-class education. CSUMB believes in cultivating the local economy, instituting direct-to-career pipelines in education, public arts and medicine. They’ve also instituted initiatives to recruit transfer students from local community colleges, cutting the time (and money) it takes to graduate with a bachelor’s degree, all while maintaining a group. Practical and efficient, the qualities of a good candidate… or in this case, school.