$7 million gift to boost math, science teaching, Sacramento Bee
A $7 million gift to train math and science teachers at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, could reap rewards for some of Sacramento's most disadvantaged students.

Parking proposal not a new concept, Chico Enterprise-Record
After an overwhelming vote of a small minority of the students at Chico State University, campus officials will again look at a proposal to deny parking permits to students who live too close to the school.

Cal State San Marcos wins $100K grant , North County Times
The College of Extended Studies at California State University San Marcos was awarded a $100,000 grant to establish the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Worries exist over HSU's renewable energy initiative, Eureka Times-Standard
Although many students agree Humboldt State University's Humboldt Energy Independence Fund is a good idea, some students fear the measure could set a dangerous statewide precedent.

HSU professor gets bat grant, Eureka Times-Standard
Humboldt State University biology professor Dr. Joseph M. Szewczak has won a three-year, $673,000 federal grant to analyze bat echo-location. Of the total, $230,000 will go directly to HSU in salary and overhead expenses.

SDSU Students Reject Fee Earmarked to Aid Athleticse, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State students narrowly voted down the $80 fee referendum that would have given athletics and academic affairs a $4.8 million boost.

UCR preps for visit, Press-Enterprise
REGENTS: Members of the university's board will take tours and meet students and faculty.

Cal unveils plan for growth through '20, Chico Enteprise-Record
Long-range vision of more students, housing also means more traffic.

Trailer Residents Protest UCI's Eviction Tactics, Los Angeles Times
Residents of trailer park slated for a parking lot say university is trying to intimidate them.

Key officials of UC Davis to visit Iran, Sacramento Bee
A delegation of high-level University of California, Davis, officials and a prominent Sacramento businessman are preparing for a trip to Iran this month, an effort by the university to forge academic and cultural ties with the Middle Eastern nation.

Earth Day 2004: Students work to ensure UC’s growth is ‘green’, Santa Cruz Sentinel
You might assume that with a campus so neatly tucked into the redwoods, UC Santa Cruz is one of the most environmentally-friendly universities in the nation.

Big Man on Campus Reform, Los Angeles Times
William Ouchi, friend and advisor to state education chief Richard Riordan, is determined to bring entrepreneurial methods to schools.

Study: Bilingual education classes can be effective, Daily Bulletin
Despite a state law meant to eliminate it, bilingual education is still alive in California, and a recent study says it can be effective.

After Prop. 227, Stockton Record
How non-English speakers are faring in school.

Bridges program helping minority students pursue science degrees, North County Times
Known as Bridges to the Future, the program partners Palomar Community College, Mira Costa College and Cal State San Marcos to provide better opportunities for minority students in the sciences and encourages and supports them toward a science degree and related career.

Marchers make case, but not to governor, Contra Costa Times
A 70-mile march from San Pablo to the state Capitol to fight for more education funding ended Friday with vows of help from East Bay lawmakers but silence from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

How I Spent Summer Vacation: At Getting-Into-College Camp, New York Times
How far can the frenzy over college admissions go? Far enough, apparently, to have high school students flocking to a brand-new kind of summer program — college admission prep camps.

Is It Grade Inflation, or Are Students Just Smarter?, New York Times
A's - including A-pluses and A-minuses - make up about half the grades at many elite schools, according to a recent survey by Princeton of the Ivy League and several other leading universities.

Pushing for Union, Columbia Grad Students Are Set to Strike, New York Times
Graduate teaching assistants at Columbia University said yesterday that they would go on strike Monday morning and remain out until Columbia recognized their right to unionize, which could shut down hundreds of classes through the end of the school year.

Hollywood's new lesson for campus file swappers, New York Times
Hollywood is poised to up the ante in its war against file swappers, with new technology that could make it easier to remove suspected pirates from campus networks.

Singular Mistreatment, Chronicle of Higher Education
Unmarried professors are outsiders in the Ozzie and Harriet world of academe.

Will Colleges Miss the Next Big Thing?, Chronicle of Higher Education
Technology budget cuts could hurt innovation on campuses, officials worry.

SAT mania grips students, Oakland Tribune
The three-hour standardized test, which nearly 80 percent of the nation's colleges and universities now use in admissions decisions, has been a rite of passage since it first gained widespread use in the 1950s.

Possible cuts looming, Woodland Daily Democrat
Budget woes may force increases in fees.

Opinion: Donations to Public-University Foundations Ought to Be Matters of Public Record, Chronicle of Higher Education
The extent to which public institutions should be allowed to hide in the shade is an issue that is relevant to higher education. Increasingly, questions are arising about whether the public has a right to know the financial aspects of the "independent" fund-raising foundations connected to state universities.

George Skelton: Not Yet a Multi-Tasker, Schwarzenegger Tackles One Problem at a Time, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger keeps getting on-the-job training — lessons on what works and what falls flat in Sacramento. What's workable politics and what's only civics book theory.

Daniel Weintraub: OK, it's not perfect, but workers comp deal works, Sacramento Bee
A few hours after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders settled last week on a delicately balanced plan to overhaul the state's troubled workers compensation system, the lawyers who represent injured workers attacked the deal as a sellout to employers and insurance companies and an assault on employees hurt on the job.

Editorial: Not so safe haven, Sacramento Bee
Too few people know about California's Safely Surrendered Baby law. That's apparent from the death of a newborn at a sorority house at California State University, Chico.

Letters to the editor, Sacramento Bee
Textbook gouging [Sac State student].

Letters to the Editor , Sacramento Bee
California's testing goals [remarks by State Superintendent Jack O'Connell].

John Fund: Less Is More, Wall St. Journal
Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks making laws should be a part-time job. He's right.

Analysis: Latest win pumps up governor, Sacramento Bee
His success on workers' comp sets the stage for budget negotiations.

Arnold faces budget battle, Los Angeles Daily News
After a string of victories -- highlighted by refinancing the state's massive debt and overhauling the troubled workers' compensation insurance system -- Schwarzenegger faces possibly his toughest test yet: achieving his goal of signing a state budget by the June 30 constitutional deadline that does not include tax increases.

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