Hayward State gets promise to help fund business building, Oakland Tribune
A private foundation promised to give Cal State Hayward the remaining $600,000 toward a new building if the campus raised the other $1.7 million within a year.

The search is (almost) over, Chico News and Review
Months of waiting and double-secret meetings have yielded three finalists for the position of president of Chico State University.

UHV's Haynes named finalist for president position, Victoria Advocate (Texas)
University of Houston-Victoria President Karen Haynes was named as a finalist Wednesday for the position of the next president of California State University-Chico.

Three Finalists for Top Chico State Job Named, Chico Enterprise-Record
They are two women and a man; two of them are provosts and one is a university president; and they are the final three candidates to become president at Chico State University.

UC Merced library launched, Modesto Bee
"This is the groundbreaking for the building that really is the heart of any campus, the library," Sheryl Lichtig Wyan, a UC Merced spokeswoman, said. "It will be at the front door of the campus. It is a center of enlightenment on the campus."

Two former UCSD professors win Nobel award in economics, San Diego Union-Tribune
The Nobel award in economics was awarded yesterday to Clive W.J. Granger and Robert F. Engle for their work at UCSD in developing new ways of analyzing interest rates, stock prices and other economic variables that change over time.

Language growth, Sacramento Bee
Immigrants seeking English and computer skills have driven up enrollment and shaped course offerings at community colleges in the region.

Few parents seize chance to transfer schools, San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area school districts told tens of thousands of parents recently that their children have a legal right to transfer immediately from their low- achieving school to a better one. Surprisingly, very few accepted.

New governor could quickly recast state education board, Oakland Tribune
Within two months of taking control of the governor's office, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be able to clean house at the state Board of Education -- controlling seven of the 11 appointed positions. Whether he will overhaul the board or leave it largely alone no one knows yet.

Med school takes pioneer path, San Diego Union-Tribune/AP
New students at Stanford must choose specialty.

New York to Lower the Bar for High School Graduation, New York Times
New York State's education commissioner, Richard P. Mills, said Wednesday that the state would loosen the demanding testing requirements it has imposed for high school graduation in recent years, including the standards used to judge math proficiency.

Minority Enrollment in Colleges More Than Doubled in Past 20 Years, Study Finds, Chronicle of Higher Education
The number of minority students enrolled in college has more than doubled since 1980, according to an annual report released on Wednesday by the American Council on Education.

Colleges Add Minorities, Group Says, Los Angeles Times/AP
The number of minority students on America's campuses has more than doubled since 1981, but white students are still more likely to attend college, according to a report issued Wednesday.

Wharton School at U. of Pennsylvania Raises $446-Million, a Business-School Record, Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School announced on Wednesday that its seven-year fund-raising drive had raised $445.8-million, a total that is believed to be the highest ever for a business school.

Editorial: California's Day After: Governor Schwarzenegger, New York Times
The results of the California recall are giving us pause, beyond the difficulty of adjusting to the phrase "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger."

Editorial: Earthquake Arnold, Wall St. Journal
Arnold Schwarzenegger's landslide victory Tuesday amounts to a loud and deliberate repudiation of the political class that has done so much harm to California. Winning so easily, the new Governor can now claim a mandate, if he's willing to seize it.

Dan Walters: Democrats don't learn from Republicans' marginalization, Sacramento Bee
Political professionals in both parties often expressed bewilderment as California's Republican Party marginalized itself on the right during the 1990s and rendered itself incapable of winning statewide elections.

Daniel Weintraub: Don't bet on Arnold Schwarzenegger to fail now, Sacramento Bee
The doubters should proceed with caution. California's new governor is a man who has succeeded at virtually everything he has done in life, against great odds. Don't look for him to fail now.

George Skelton: Schwarzenegger Has to Show He Wants More Than Just Title, Los Angeles Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger won a historic election with ease. Now he has a historic opportunity — because of a rebellious public and a charismatic personality — to bring landmark change to California.

Editorial: An Encouraging Start, Los Angeles Times
Arnold Schwarzenegger moved quickly and astutely Wednesday to get his transition machinery running.

With recall sprint over, budget marathon looms, Sacramento Bee
The actor-turned-politician has a mere two months to propose a way out of the state's fiscal morass, and Democratic leaders predicted Wednesday that it will be almost impossible for him to deliver on campaign promises while balancing the state budget.

On Day After, Davis' Aides Polish Their Resumes, Los Angeles Times
Hours after their leader had been unceremoniously deposed by California voters, loyalists to the outgoing governor found solace Wednesday in the finality of defeat and pondered the prospect of job hunting in an iffy economy.

282 bills await action by Davis in coming days, San Diego Union-Tribune
Before he hands over his office keys to Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gov. Gray Davis has more than a little business to finish.

Aftershocks Are Unpredictable, Washington Post
As the aftershocks of Arnold Schwarzenegger's election settled in around the country Wednesday, one question dominated the national political debate: Will what happened here spread beyond this state and affect the election of 2004?

Schwarzenegger pledges plan for California's deficit, Sacramento Bee
On his first full day as governor elect, Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed confidence Wednesday that he would make a seamless transition to the governor's office, but provided no new specifics on how he plans to cure California's ills.

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Three Finalists for Presidency of CSU Chico Announced, CSU News Release
The California State University has named Lois Muir, Paul Zingg, and Karen Haynes as finalists for the presidency of California State University, Chico.

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