Cal Poly finishes study on arts center, Daily Bulletin
State may not fund $25M project.

CSUMB feeder program thriving, Monterey Herald
Figuring out how to get into college can be daunting to any student, but CSU-Monterey Bay and local community colleges have been building a smooth track into the university.

Many CSUCI students need financial help, Ventura County Star
For some, it's scrimping and scraping; for others, it's costly student aid.

Opening day at CSULB a nuisance, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Education: Parking, registration, other delays mark many students' first day.

CSUS says 'oui' to overseas degree, Turlock Journal
Starting next year, students at California State University, Stanislaus may have an opportunity to participate in the school’s first graduate degree program offered abroad.

CSUSM kicks off year with 1,000 new students, North County Times
Cal State San Marcos opened its doors for 1,000 new students on Tuesday to start the new academic year, and for the first time in the university's 14-year history, some students just rolled out of bed and were almost in class.

Apartments enhance college life, Press-Enterprise
San Marcos: Once a commuter school, the Cal State campus has a new 460-bed complex.

A Milestone, in Triplicate, Los Angeles Times
State officials believe the teens are the first triplets to attend a public four-year university in California.

Budget cuts shut out many applicants to UC, San Francisco Chornicle
Prospective transfers hit especially hard.

UC turns away 1,500 transfer hopefuls, Contra Costa Times
Community college students who had hoped to transfer to the University of California this winter are about to hear some bad news: Budget cuts have forced UC to return 1,500 applications and refund the $40 application fee.

Cutbacks force colleges to not accept winter applications, Hayward Daily Review
Thanks for applying to UC -- here's your money back.

UC Fails to Review 1,600 Applicants, Los Angeles Times
Faced with severe cuts to its 2003-04 budget, the University of California was unable to consider the applications of about 1,500 transfer students and 100 freshmen seeking admission to the university for the winter term.

Pros Have Supporting Roles in Scriptwriting Sessions, Los Angeles Times
The Young Storytellers Foundation volunteers seek to nurture creativity and confidence in grade-schoolers through the art of scriptwriting.

Students 'rip, mix, burn' at their own risk , Christian Science Monitor
Some 56 million Americans use file-swapping software such as KaZaA and Grokster--so many that the Recording Industry Association of America has tried to discourage the practice by filing upwards of 2,000 subpoenas this summer in a bid to obtain the real names and contact information of file-sharers.

N.Y.U. President Says Teaching Isn't Such a Novel Idea, New York Times
"The research faculty at our great universities must accept that undergraduate teaching is a vital part of their vocation," said John Sexton, president of New York University.

Educators Encouraged as Graduation Rates Rise, New York Times
Sixty-two percent of all scholarship athletes who entered Division I colleges for the 1996-97 academic year graduated in the six-year window established by the Department of Education, a rate 3 percentage points higher than that of the overall student body, according to a report released yesterday by the N.C.A.A.

Union Organizers to Air Complaints Against Yale, New York Times
The group seeking to unionize graduate students at Yale announced yesterday that a former labor secretary and a former general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board would serve on a committee investigating whether Yale administrators or professors broke the law while fighting the unionization drive.

Public Schools Pile on Fees, Wall St. Journal
Cash-Strapped Districts Charge Students To Play on Sports Teams, Join the Band.

Opinion: Initiatives Like Prop. 53 Are the Real Budget Killers, Los Angeles Times
Now that we've all agreed that this recall election is all about restoring fiscal responsibility to Sacramento, I would like to place the following question before the leading candidates for governor: What's your position on Proposition 53?

Opinion: Proposition 54 Would Propel California Backwards in Time, Oakland Tribune
To say that we live in a hyper-racialized society is certainly an understatement. While race is without question a social construct with very little biological validity, it does not follow that that any effort to classify information by race is inherently pernicious.

Editorial: What's right with education, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Most of the time the public eye is turned to what's wrong with public education: The unions that care more about power than children, elected leaders who decide school policies based on their political value and indecipherable test scores. Because of that we often don't focus on what's right.

Debate: Teaching at home, USA Today
As 47 million children return to public schools, some 2 million are staying home to get their instruction. In nearly every state, the number of children being educated in their homes is rising about 10% a year.

Peter Schrag: President Bush has a full house of four-flushers, Sacramento Bee
The latest scandal in the Houston public schools, until recently regarded as the jewel of the so-called Texas education miracle, was hardly surprising.

Dan Walters: As recall vote looms, liberals vigorously push agendas, Sacramento Bee
California's politicians and pundits are consumed by the historic recall election that's looming -- with good reason. But the Legislature will be in session for nine more days, and those final days will be among the most hectic ever recorded.

Truth Is, We Want It All, Los Angeles Times
Californians love their services. But they don't love paying for them. Witness the history of the 'car tax.'

Media Change Calif. Campaign, Washington Post
Focus in Recall Is on News, Events -- Not Advertising

Panetta will head state budget panel, Sacramento Bee
Davis picks the former Clinton aide to help find long-term fiscal solutions.

Gambling tribe gives $2 million for Bustamante, Sacramento Bee
Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the only prominent Democrat running to replace Gov. Gray Davis in the recall election, nearly doubled his war chest Tuesday with a controversial $2 million pledge from a powerful Indian tribe flush with casino profits.

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