Poly gets sea research grant, San Luis Obispo Tribune
$160,000 from Sacramento environment group will expand studies of local fish stocks.

N.Y. college chief points to success as a planner, San Jose Mercury News
Paul Yu, one of two finalists for the San Jose State University presidency, spent 10 hours on campus Tuesday, meeting with a range of groups. Here are some questions that were put to Yu, and his responses.

Chico State students to pick their leaders, Chico Enterprise Record
The two candidates, Bob Ray and Adam Dondro, are hoping to lead more than 15,000 constituents and have a crucial role in controlling a $23 million budget, as president of the Chico State University Associated Students.

UCI may punish housing protesters, Orange County Register
Students who publicly protested the closure of a campus trailer park have been told by UCI officials to attend a disciplinary meeting by Friday or face suspension of privileges such as being able to check out library books or get grade transcripts.

Kin Get a Say in Cadaver Case, Los Angeles Times
A court official tells attorneys for UCLA and donor families to work out details of a court order for the school's willed-body program.

English-learners handbook recalled, Sacramento Bee
Teachers guide for immigrant students is offensive, critics say.

Proposed cuts in college help protested, San Diego Union Tribune
Eliminating college-prep advice, tutoring and counseling for poor and minority students will cost a generation of children access to higher education and saddle the state economy with unskilled workers, local activists said yesterday.

Westminster Awaiting a High-Stakes Verdict, Los Angeles Times
Three school trustees passed compromise language on discrimination to fit their Christian beliefs, and if it doesn't fly with the state, funding's in jeopardy.

Peer Mediators Easing Tension After School Melee, Los Angeles Times
Students in Pasadena learn conflict resolution skills after a fight ends in a campus lockdown and six youth arrests.

Need-Based Aid Beats Merit-Based Programs at Increasing College Access, Scholars Find, Chronicle of Higher Education
A privately financed scholarship program in Washington State strongly improves students' odds of attending college, two researchers announced on Monday at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Meaning over money for business students, CNN/AP
Corporate social responsibility a growing interest for MBAs.

Learning to Survive in Education With a Posse, Washington Post
Well-known colleges frequently take chances on low-income students who are the first in their families to try to get a bachelor's degree. But there is something very different about the Posse Foundation.

School integration helps in game of life, USA Today
Students who attended racially integrated public high schools in the 1970s would do it again, says a study looking at racial attitudes a half-century after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed school segregation.

Lines Drawn in Fight on N.S.F. Financing, New York Times
Representative Ehlers, a moderate Republican with a doctorate from Berkeley, has remained a big fan of the science agency.

In Cities, a Battle to Improve Teenage Literacy, New York Times
The reading classes at Cesar Chavez High School are part of a new breed of high-intensity efforts to deal with adolescent illiteracy, one of the toughest problems facing urban high schools.

Letters to the Editor, Ventura County Star
Schools need to focus on writing skills.

UCSD Chancellor: Fox must blend collaboration and leadership , San Diego Union Tribune
If UCSD's notoriously strong-willed faculty members were skeptical about the arrival this week of Marye Anne Fox as the university's seventh chancellor, she did a great deal to put their minds at ease.

Opinion: Cutting classes, raising tuition hobbles state work force, Modesto Bee
Sharply rising tuition and fees -- and shrinking class offerings -- mean less opportunity for qualified students to afford and access a college degree.

Governor's Busy Routine Blends Business, Pleasure, Los Angeles Times
In Sacramento or the Southland, his days are packed with exercise, work, family and cigars.

State tax income right on track, figures show, Contra Costa Times/AP
Third-quarter tax collections by the state came in nearly as predicted, leaving lawmakers in no better -- or no worse -- position as they work to solve next year's $17 billion budget shortfall, officials said Tuesday.

Fund-raising penalties for Bustamante, Sacramento Bee
Putting to rest a months-long battle over his fund-raising practices in the fall recall election, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante admitted that he violated state campaign finance laws and agreed to pay a record $263,000 in penalties, according to court documents made public Tuesday.

Workers' comp bill excludes rate regulation, San Francisco Chronicle
Rate regulation will not be addressed in emerging legislation to overhaul California's workers' compensation system, allowing lawmakers to leave the divisive issue for later while staving off a November ballot initiative this week, legislative sources said Tuesday.

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