Yu selected as next San Jose State University president, San Jose Mercury-News
San Jose State University has a new president: Paul Yu, currently president at the State University of New York's College at Brockport.

San Jose State hires chief, San Jose Mercury-News
Paul Yu was named San Jose State University's 25th president Tuesday after convincing his prospective bosses that he can make the campus a flagship of the state university system.

New president to take reins at San Jose State in July, San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Yu, president of the State University of New York at Brockport, will become the 25th president of San Jose State University.

San Jose State University appoints new president, Chico Enterprise-Record/AP
Paul Yu, the president of the State University of New York College at Brockport, was appointed as the new president of San Jose State University on Tuesday. [AP wire story appeared widely, including in the Fresno Bee, Monterey Herald, Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune.]

Hoax empties buildings at CSUF, Orange County Register
Several thousand students and employees at California State University, Fullerton, were evacuated for about four hours Tuesday because of a device that might have been meant to look like a bomb, police said.

San Jose State's Academic Senate votes to limit sports funding, Chico Enterprise-Record/AP
San Jose State's Academic Senate has voted to limit funding for sports teams and has recommended the school withdraw from Division I-A and the Western Athletic Conference.

SFSU program in gerontology may close, Press-Democrat
San Francisco State University's graduate program of gerontology, the oldest of its kind in California's public university system, may close.

Employee files suit against Fresno State, Fresno Bee
Reassignment from athletics job caused her distress, she contends.

UC shuts out some, Orange County Register
The University of California will turn away qualified freshmen this fall for the first time in 40 years, telling about 10,000 of the state's best high school students to come back later, the university said Tuesday.

Berkeley chancellor calls admissions figures 'unacceptable', San Jose Mercury-News/AP
State budget cuts have forced the prestigious system to turn away thousands of qualified students this year, reducing admissions by nearly 7 percent from last fall. Meanwhile, black admissions dropped 15 percent, worrying administrators.

Eligible students rejected by UC, San Francisco Chronicle
Breaking a long-standing pledge to accept all eligible California students, the University of California has rejected 7,600 applicants who normally would have gotten a seat in the fall freshman class.

Fewer blacks get in at UC, Sacramento Bee
The drop is steepest for Berkeley, where offers of admission decline 31 percent.

UC Cuts Freshman Class 7% for Fall, Los Angeles Times
For the first time in four decades, the system is unable to accept all eligible students due to governor's request and budget reductions.

College system hit by cuts, Daily Bulletin
Nearly 30,000 eligible college-bound hopefuls will not receive acceptance letters this spring as the California State University and University of California systems are forced to cut first-time freshman enrollment.

Bills seek to advance academic standards, Daily Bulletin
All California high school students would be required to take courses required only for college-bound students starting in 2010, under legislation unveiled in Sacramento on Tuesday.

Higher education, Orange County Register
Legislative debate begins today on whether high-school students should have to meet the standards for state university admission as a requirement for graduation.

A Texas Bid to Shift School Finances to 'Sin Taxes', New York Times
How much money Texas spends to teach children reading, writing and arithmetic may soon depend in part on how successful women like Vanity, Destiny and Rio of the Yellow Rose, a topless bar in this state capital, are in attracting customers.

Alumni Sites Use New Tools To Keep Grads Connected, Wall St. Journal
Colleges and universities have long used the Web to keep alumni updated on news and hit them up for donations. Now some are using tools popularized by social-networking sites like Friendster to keep their graduates connected.

Studying in Safety, Chronicle of Higher Education
In a post-9/11 world, colleges struggle to protect students abroad.

NCAA to Allow Aid for Additional Expenses With Athletics Scholarships, Chronicle of Higher Education
Athletes who earn scholarships and awards apart from their athletics grants-in-aid can keep them as long as their total financial aid is no more than their college's total cost of attendance, according to a rule approved Tuesday by a top governing board of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Not Enough Girls in World's Classrooms, Los Angeles Times
To ensure an education for every child, nations must address barriers females face, report says.

Hitting the Books in the Golden Years, New York Times
It took everyone at the Syracuse University law school a little while to get used to the idea of an 81-year-old first-year student.

U.S. science losing its edge, group warns, San Francisco Chronicle
A new coalition of research universities and high-tech companies opened a public campaign Tuesday to implore the federal government to increase funding for basic research as their answer to the job losses hitting the U.S. workforce as a result of offshoring.

Editorial: UC's closing door, San Francisco Chronicle
The profile of freshmen admitted to the University of California this fall should shatter any illusions that the state's budget crisis can be solved without having a direct impact on people's lives, indeed on the future of the state.

Peter Schrag: Fixing workers' comp - The ghosts of reforms past, Sacramento Bee
Certainly, the enthusiasm about the blessings of the new round of workers' comp produced strong notes of caution.

Editorial: Budget reform . . . , San Diego Union-Tribune
Cities, counties, schools need stable funding.

State officials authorize bond sale to refinance short-term debt, Fresno Bee/AP
State officials have authorized the sale of $12.3 billion in deficit bonds, setting the stage for the largest municipal bond offering in U.S. history.

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New President Named for SJSU, CSU Public Affairs
Paul Yu, president of the State University of New York College at Brockport, today was named the president of San José State University by the CSU Board of Trustees.

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