CSU trustees to vote July 16 on 30 percent tuition increase, Oakland Tribune
California State University trustees will vote next month on a 30 percent tuition hike -- 5 percent more than anticipated -- and will have to consider laying off hundreds of employees and restricting student enrollment in the face of additional cuts from the state.

CSU eyes fee rise of 30% hike, Long Beach Press-Telegram/AP
Education: UC system, community colleges also facing hikes in state crisis; CSULB gap may be $38M

30% fee increase urged for CSU, Sacramento Bee
Saying that budget cuts could be harsher than originally expected, California State University Chancellor Charles Reed will push to raise student fees for the fall semester by 30 percent.

Steve Weber paints a broader image for SDSU, San Diego Union-Tribune
Steve Weber is at his academic acme: A bearded oracle, his eyes beaming anticipation as his savants take their seats around him. He has done this newspaper the honor of convening, from his faculty and staff of 6,000, a panel to convey his university's new directions.

CSUS opens Serna Center to aid Latinos, Sacramento Bee
A California State University, Sacramento, professor says he hopes a new campus research library will increase opportunities for area Latinos.

Search starts for new SJSU president, San Jose Mercury-News
The search began officially Thursday to find a new president for San Jose State University.

Carson to host the Women's World Cup, Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Home Depot Center in Carson will host the Women's World Cup final on Oct. 12, U.S. soccer officials formally announced Thursday.

ACE Official Failed to Report NCAA Violation While at Cal State-Fresno, Newspaper Reports, Chronicle of Higher Education
An official of the American Council on Education has been accused of failing to report a rules violation involving the men's basketball team at California State University at Fresno in 1995 when he was an administrator there.

Dutra pitches alternative plan on state budget, Oakland Tribune
In a move that could deepen the state budget deadlock, an East Bay lawmaker disclosed Wednesday that he and some fellow Democrats will not vote for current fiscal plans that largely push California's deficit woes into the future.

Lawmakers flee, let budget chill, San Francisco Chronicle
California lawmakers, facing a weekend constitutional deadline to fix the state's budget mess, reached agreement Thursday on one way to respond to the crisis.They went home.

States plug budget holes with taxes, fees, San Diego Union-Tribune/AP
States struggling to keep government running and balance their budgets are turning to higher taxes and fees, potentially doubling the load of new taxes this year and erasing much of the savings from the high-flying 1990s.

The State Budget Chasm Personified, Los Angeles Times
Democrat Burton and Republican Brulte couldn't be more different. Yet they are the best hope of breaking a stalemate.

Some Bond Buyers Avoiding California, Los Angeles Times
The budget shortfall and legislative intransigence may be causing investors to lose faith.

John S. Galbraith, 86; Chancellor Left Mark on UC San Diego, Los Angeles Times
John S. Galbraith, a scholar on 19th century British history who served as UC San Diego's second chancellor and helped create the campus' identity, especially its landmark pyramid-shaped library, has died.

New UC chief won respect of peers, San Francisco Chronicle
Like many kids in Canada, Robert Dynes spent his childhood playing ice hockey. He loved the sport so much that he almost made it a career.

State board to discuss exit exam delay, scoring changes, North County Times
More than 172,000 high school juniors in California are still failing the state test that could keep them from graduating next year, and the State Board of Education will begin today to try to figure out whether at least some of those students should be let off the hook and given a diploma.

Professor abandons fight for auto body repair program, North County Times
The veteran MiraCosta College professor whose program in auto body repair was eliminated by votes of both colleagues and the board said on Wednesday his fight is over. It ended with the ruling of an administrative law judge that the college's action fell well within the law.

Classrooms filled with returning adults, USA Today
With good jobs hard to find, many workers who never completed their studies are now heading back to school to get their degrees.

Change in Aid Formula Shifts More Costs to Students, New York Times
Millions of college students will have to shoulder more of the cost of their education under federal rules imposed late last month through a bureaucratic adjustment requiring neither Congressional approval nor public comment of any kind.

Report Defends Vouchers but Fails to Quell Debate, New York Times
Hundreds of New York students transferred from public to private schools in the 1990's as part of a privately financed program that offered them scholarships resembling vouchers. And on this much there is wide agreement: their academic achievement, on average, did not improve.

For Its PeopleSoft Gambit, Oracle Spurned and Sued, Los Angeles Times
CEO Ellison's offer is rejected and he is accused of interfering with the acquisition of J.D. Edwards.

PeopleSoft users circle wagons, Contra Costa Times
Many PeopleSoft customers are circling the wagons. Boosting the company's products could increase its chances of survival, thereby sparing them a costly and potentially messy transition to new products.

House Committee Will Investigate Claim That Schoolteacher-Certification Test Was Sabotaged, Chronicle of Higher Education
The education committee of the U.S. House of Representatives plans to investigate accusations that the head of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education sabotaged the development of a certification test for people who want to pursue alternative routes to becoming schoolteachers, the committee's chairman said on Thursday.

Editorial: 'Out of control', Fresno Bee
Fresno State owes community full accounting of Tarkanian era.

Opinion: Higher ed's open door is closing fast, San Diego Union-Tribune
California's 108 community colleges provide an open door for students to enter in their search for opportunity. The present budget crisis threatens to close that open door to almost 100,000 students statewide.

Editorial: The old college try, Los Angeles Daily News
After reviewing as much as $36 million in state funding abuses, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office has concluded that "such violations are very limited or isolated." Really?

Editorial: Confronting UC Challenges, Los Angeles Times
Robert C. Dynes becomes president-designate of the University of California at a critical time, when, as he puts it, the 10-campus system faces a "confluence of pressures" — unprecedented growth in student enrollment and a state budget crisis.

Candidates hear loud knock of opportunity, San Francisco Chronicle
Even though the statewide effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis hasn't yet gathered the required 900,000 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, the buzz is on in California political circles.

Issa stakes his future on timely Davis recall, Orange County Register
He says he'll give up gubernatorial bid if measure isn't on fall ballot.

Schwarzenegger, sounding like a candidate, calls for voter revolution, CNN/AP
He says the only thing he's pushing right now is his next film, but Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a campaign-style speech to an anti-tax group and made a quip about Gov. Gray Davis.

Davis recall bid picks up steam, Ventura County Star
The recall movement against Democratic Gov. Gray Davis appears to be gaining momentum by the day, giving urgency to a question that a few weeks ago was merely a parlor game for political insiders: Who will run to replace him? One prominent possibility is Sen. Tom McClintock.

Groups consider options in recall, Contra Costa Times
The recall of Gov. Gray Davis has yet to qualify for the ballot, but politicians across the state are pondering what comes next.

Pete Wilson doesn't rule out possibility of Senate run, Ventura County Star
Former California Gov. Pete Wilson did not dismiss the possibility that he might challenge U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in 2004 when asked about it this week.