Stan St. admissions at risk, Modesto Bee
State budget cuts are forcing California State University, Stanislaus, to consider halting new admissions for the first time in the school's history, President Marvalene Hughes said last week.

New University Union taking shape, Hayward Review
After students approved a University Union expansion 31/2 years ago, the Cal State Hayward project finally is making headway.

Observer: Paradox Amid the Rubble, Chronicle of Higher Education
On the one hand, conditions could not be worse. Colleges and universities atrophied under Saddam Hussein's starvation plan -- the way prisoners of war lose strength and weight, and become frail images of the people that they once were.

Cal State SB seeks to limit enrollment, San Bernardino Sun
Your chances of getting into the Ivy League may be better than your shot at Cal State San Bernardino this spring.

Budget puts lid on CSU growth, Daily Breeze
ENROLLMENT: Dominguez Hills campus may turn away 350 students, and officials fear a ripple effect on community colleges.

HSU lecturer eyes bid at governor's seat, Eureka Times-Standard
Darin Price, a Humboldt State University lecture,r may be joining the crowded field of candidates running for governor.

SFSU ups requisites, Oakland Tribune
State budget cuts are forcing San Francisco State University to get tough with spring semester enrollment.

State's bonds are downgraded again, Sacramento Bee
Unconvinced that California has solved its budget problem, a second Wall Street firm lowered the state's bond rating Monday.

UC-Santa Barbara Will Offer Nation's First Ph.D. in Chicano Studies, Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of California at Santa Barbara announced on Monday that it will offer a Ph.D. in Chicano studies, making it the first university in the country with a doctoral program in the discipline.

Ag college to cut 72 on staff, Sacramento Bee
State budget cuts are forcing the University of California, Davis, to trim 72 of about 450 faculty positions in its internationally known ag college.

UC Santa Barbara Adds Doctorate in Chicano Studies, Los Angeles Times
In what is described as the nation's first such program, students will explore history and art with the help of 12 faculty members.

Students get brief reprieve from fee boost, Ventura County Star
County college officials can't collect until increase signed into law.

Battle lines are drawn over old Fort Ord land, San Jose Mercury-News
Within months, the federal government will transfer 4,800 acres of the old Fort Ord to the cities of Marina, Seaside, Monterey, Del Rey Oaks and to Monterey County as part of the largest coastal redevelopment project in the state's history.

Teachers facing 4% salary cut, Oakland Tribune
Oakland union agrees to reduction in pay, hours after months-long battle.

LAUSD seeks to cast stars in role of donors, Los Angeles Daily News
District Superintendent Roy Romer has quietly established a foundation targeting the who's who of Los Angeles elite to raise money for his education reform initiatives.

Federal program turns troops into teachers, CNN/AP
Serena Rowan has been an Army drill sergeant, recruiter, sergeant major, and director of personnel. She's now settled happily into teaching -- "my calling," she says -- through a re-energized federal program that helps former military personnel find jobs in public education.

Too Much Work?, Chronicle of Higher Education
Community colleges want Congress to ease a penalty that cuts aid to working students.

Daniel Weintraub: State deficit bond rests on shaky ground, Sacramento Bee
The California Constitution says that the Legislature "shall not, in any manner, create any debt or debts" greater than $300,000, unless such an obligation is for a "single object or work" and is approved by a vote of the people.

Editorial: Let's interpret the news correctly, Chico Enterprise-Record
It would be easy to conclude from the recent study on student alcohol consumption - which says drinking continues unabated at Chico State University - that carefully planned, local efforts to stem the problem have failed.

Editorial - Gov. Davis' desperation, Orange County Register
Thus far frustrated in his attempts to forestall a recall, on Monday, Gov. Gray Davis filed a petition with the California Supreme Court.

Governor goes to court, Sacramento Bee
Predicting "government by marginal and extreme political forces" if the election to recall him goes forward as planned, Gov. Gray Davis on Monday added his own lawsuit to the stacks awaiting court action.

Democrats seek a backup plan, Sacramento Bee
Nervous that the recall might succeed, they'd like to see Sen. Feinstein run.