Interim head of SJSU to stay until president post is filled, San Jose Mercury News
San Jose State University's interim president, Joseph N. Crowley, has agreed to stay at the helm until a permanent president is found.

Cal State Fullerton Told: 'You're Good to Grow', Los Angeles Times
Plan will nearly triple dorm beds, expand parking, add academic, student buildings.

Colleges partner, students benefit, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Citrus College and Cal Poly Pomona are working together to make it easier for students to become teachers.

College limits hit seniors, Press-Enterprise
CAL STATE: High school students face pressure to apply early as budget cuts threaten enrollment size.

Increased HSU enrollment a good thing -- mostly, Eureka Times-Standard
It's good news that Humboldt State University plans to enroll an additional 2,000 students next year -- but bad news that it may be the only California State University campus to do so.

HSU braces for still more cuts, Eureka Times-Standard
Humboldt State University could be asked to cut millions more out of its budget for this and next year as part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget plan.

Competition raises bar at some CSU campuses, Contra Costa Times
A subtle change creeping over the California State University system has added to college adviser Pat Brand's workload at Northgate High in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

Education program faces budget ax, Daily Bulletin
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts to the Cal State University system could eliminate the Educational Opportunity Program, which helps low-income and educationally disadvantaged students.

Topic: Soda machines, Sacramento Bee
High school juniors and seniors with strong opinions about high school soft drink machines are invited to enter an essay contest. LegiSchool Project, a civic education program of the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento, and the state Legislature are sponsoring the competition.

A unique learning center, Daily Bulletin
Pomona campus blends academics, arts, business.

Stan State boosts language study, Modesto Bee
Gone are the old language-learning tapes that inevitably broke or became tangled. California State University, Stanislaus, has an interactive, computer-based lab with 24 stations.

ICTN offers homegrown nightly reports, Press-Enterprise
ICTN is a cooperative effort between Cal State San Bernardino, the city of San Bernardino, and local and national news agencies.

Graduate assistants set strike against UC, Sacramento Bee
The union cites unfair practices and other issues. The university says the walkout will be illegal.

Gatekeeper of UCI, Orange County Register
Admissions director says get applications right, write your own essay - and don't put it off until Thanksgiving.

Who Gets In, Who Gets Left Out, San Francisco Chronicle
UC's bias against out-of-staters.

UC Davis agricultural team will go back to fruits' roots , San Francisco Chronicle
Officials to visit Afghanistan to repatriate plants.

Budget plan targets college-prep funds, San Jose Mercury-News
State funding for programs that have helped thousands of California's black and Latino students move from high school to college would be pared back in January and eliminated entirely next year under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposals.

Community college enrollment is down about 4% in county, San Diego Union-Tribune
Countywide, attendance at the region's eight community colleges has dropped from 133,992 in fall 2002 to 128,263 this semester, a loss of about 4 percent.

Obstacle course: Basic school funding rife with inequities, Sacramento Bee
Imagine you need to teach five first-graders to read. And you have $100 to spend on books. But instead of dividing evenly and spending $20 on each, you spend $35 on one, $11.50 on another, and $13, $18 and $22.50 on the other three.

Districts merge their way to cash, Sacramento Bee
Back in the late 1980s, while most schools in California were going about business as usual, several school districts made some crafty moves. They merged and unmerged. Played games with their salary schedules. And managed to score such high amounts of tax money for their students that the state finally had to clamp down.

At Rutgers, Weathering an Ordeal, New York Times
Richard McCormick was in trouble. As the new president of Rutgers, the 55-year-old academic had his dream job: a staggering salary, a mansion and the professional challenge of a lifetime at a place where his family ties are the stuff of legend. But there was a problem.

SUNY Seeks a Tuition Rise For 2nd Time in Two Years, New York Times
The State University of New York, which raised undergraduate tuition $950 this year to $4,350, is proposing a tuition increase for next year, though it does not plan to seek any increase in state aid.

CUNY Thinks It's Past Time to Get Funds for Buildings, New York Times
The university submitted a $2.6 billion five-year capital request last year to cover new buildings and repairs on its 19 campuses, but the State Legislature never acted on it and CUNY has received no new capital money this year from Albany.

Seeking Ivy Amid the Maple, Los Angeles Times
Top-tier Canadian universities are an attractive alternative for U.S. students shut out of their first choices at home. Cost is one factor.

Loan Guarantors May Ask Students to Pay More, Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher-education lobbyists vow to fight efforts to require a 1-percent fee.

Opinion: Why SJSU president search was extended, San Jose Mercury-News
There is no more important job that the California State University Board of Trustees has than appointing a president to lead a CSU campus.

Debate: Saving for college, USA Today
Families saving for college frequently turn to popular state-run programs known as 529 education savings accounts. However, critics say states impose too many restrictions and fees.

Opinion: Arnie's Choice, Wall St. Journal
As the new administration decides which road it will take, it is important to understand the simple math of the state's finances.

Opinion: State Oversight of Schools, San Francisco Chronicle
Of all of the fiscal challenges facing our new governor and state lawmakers, none may be more critical to California's economic recovery than maintaining a vibrant public university system.

Opinion: What's a world-class UC worth?, Sacramento Bee
Candidate Schwarzenegger was right to say that education is the future: If we continue our progress toward an Alabamian educational system, we will eventually have an Alabamian standard of living to match it.

Dan Walters: A hidden set of laws generates behind-the-scenes political fight, Sacramento Bee
Although the Legislature may enact what most Californians consider to be "the laws," in fact the state has three separate bodies of law.

Dan Walters: Another crisis for Schwarzenegger: Increasing traffic congestion, Sacramento Bee
Schwarzenegger's governorship faces a serious, if less evident, transportation crisis. Simply put, the state is rapidly running out of money to expand its transportation systems.

Editorial: Special-Interest School Tax, Los Angeles Times
Voters will soon be approached by petition gatherers promising better schools or "free" preschools or better teachers, or all of the above.

Editorial: Hard Times, Smart Schools, Los Angeles Times
Although the news from the Public Policy Institute of California seemed, at first glance, unhelpful — focused on how hard it would be for schools in the state to improve without a lot more money — tucked deep down in the nonprofit group's long, recent report were more thoughtful ideas.

Dan Walters: Local governments squeezed as governor spars with Democrats, Sacramento Bee
City and county leaders are worried that with Schwarzenegger's decision to once again reduce the property tax that Californians pay on their autos (vehicle license fee), their own budgets will take a multibillion-dollar hit.

What Professors Can Teach Fund Raisers -- and Vice Versa, Chronicle of Higher Education
You could hear it in the room; you could see it in the nods, as everyone thought: "What can we do with those head-in-the-clouds-idealists who do not understand how the real world works?"

Sharp budget cuts urged, Press-Enterprise
The governor receives a cool reaction from Democrats and some Inland officials.

Freezes in public sector hiring could cause a chill, Contra Costa Times
The party may be over for the government sector. Even during the downturn, state and local government entities added jobs.But those days of growth are fast becoming memories.

Governor's plan takes flak from Democrats, San Diego Union-Tribune
Lawmakers critical of proposed spending cap.

Governor turns up pressure, Sacramento Bee
Targeting legislators, he'll take finance plan to their constituents.

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