Educational TV beamed statewide, Daily Breeze
CSUDH helps out California’s community college system by offering classes to broadcast.

Cal State Northridge to Get $38-Million Art Gift, Los Angeles Times
A businessman who attended Cal State Northridge only briefly has agreed to donate a collection of Chinese antiquities to the campus in a gift the school estimates to be worth $38 million.

Stan St. expects to meet limits, Modesto Bee
California State University, Stanislaus, officials held their breath earlier this month, not knowing whether some qualified students would have to be turned away.

Classroom visits enhance learning for CSUCI's teaching program, Ventura County Star
When you consider what it means to be a teacher in today's world, a new program at California State University, Channel Islands, really makes sense.

RP music center gift: $3 million, Press-Democrat
Persons' donation to Sonoma State concert hall brings project within $1 million of goal.

Start of fall term brings crowds back to university, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Drop in attendance means more off-campus vacancies, lower rents.

Cal Poly chief urges creativity, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
New president outlines goals for university to faculty, staff.

Right-wrong lessons, Sacramento Bee
This year's crop of MBA students at the University of California, Davis, discovered something new waiting for them on their first day of school -- boot camp.

NASA forges partnership with UC, Hayward Daily Review
A record $330 million contract that creates a research partnership between the University of California and NASA's Ames Research Center is forging a new type of collaboration between universities and the space agency, officials said Monday.

Cal professor's study at heart of recall hearing arguments, Contra Costa Times
A study by UC Berkeley professor Henry Brady remains at the heart of much of the legal wrangling over California's recall election date.

UC, NASA join forces in $330 million project, San Francisco Chronicle
10-year venture probes origins of life, space.

Class cuts keep students hopping, Los Angeles Daily News
Some must commute to two or three different colleges.

L.B.'s a real winner!, Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Long Beach Unified School District won the $500,000 Broad Prize for Urban Education on Monday, the largest national education award.

Nursing scholarships may aid north state counties, Chico Enterprise-Record
A new law sets up a scholarship program for nursing students who live in areas where the nursing shortage is most extreme.

L.A. Schools Promote Free Tutoring for Some Students, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles school officials on Monday urged parents whose children attend chronically underperforming schools to apply for free tutoring in math and English, which begins in November.

Federal dollars to private schools?, Christian Science Monitor
This week the Senate debates a first-in-history voucher program for private and parochial students in the capital.

Schools Get $4 Million to Recruit Principals, New York Times
The Broad Foundation, which gives grants to improve public education, is donating $4 million to a program to recruit and train New York City principals, officials announced yesterday.

A New Kind of Revolution in the Dorms of Dartmouth, New York Times
The college introduced e-mail messaging to campus in the 1980's, well ahead of most other higher educational institutions. And in 2001, it was one of the first colleges to install a campuswide wireless data network.

U. of Louisville Must Reveal Names of Donors, State Judge Rules, Chronicle of Higher Education
A Kentucky judge has ruled that the University of Louisville Foundation cannot keep secret the names of its 45,000 donors, except for 62 who had specifically requested anonymity.

The First Thing About Teaching, Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges try harder to prepare graduate assistants for the classroom.

Department of Defense Awards Grants for Research Equipment at 17 Colleges, Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced plans to award $4.67-million to 17 Hispanic-serving colleges and universities. [Includes CSU campuses.]

Dan Walters: Davis, rivals ride roller coaster as court weighs election delay, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Gray Davis and his would-be successors campaigned Monday on the assumption that they have just two weeks to make their cases to voters, while an 11-judge federal appellate panel mulled whether the historic recall election will be held Oct. 7 or postponed five months.

Editorial: Rearguing the Recall, New York Times
California's gubernatorial recall election was back in court yesterday, as the appeals court that delayed the vote heard arguments about whether it should reverse its decision.

Opinion: Here's the truth about MEChA, North County Times
Numerous writers of letters and community forums are echoing extremist radio talk-show hosts who spout claims equating MEChA (the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) with racist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. Such comparisons are absurd.

Editorial: Details Matter in the Debate, Los Angeles Times
When and whether voters will recall Gov. Gray Davis remains uncertain, but the debate among the top candidates Wednesday promises to be the highlight of the special election campaign.

Bustamante loses court case as federal hearing nears, Sacramento Bee/AP
As candidates waited for a court hearing Monday that could decide the date of California's recall election, the leading Democrat to replace Gov. Gray Davis lost a court case that could cripple his ability to pay for his campaign.

Issa Says Dilemma Might Make Him Vote No on Recall, Los Angeles Times
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), who bankrolled the petition drive to put the recall on the ballot, said Monday night that he will urge voters to reject that recall if it appears a split Republican vote will assure victory for Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante.

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