Cal State could receive nearly $8M for child-care center, North County Times
Cal State San Marcos on Monday came within minutes of receiving a $7.6 million grant to build a new child-care center; it did not get it, but expects to within about a month.

CSUF adds two degree programs, Orange County Register
California State University, Fullerton, will launch two new degree programs, in computer and software engineering, this summer, officials said Tuesday.

Students provide police goggles to aid in alcohol education, Turlock Journal
The police at California State University, Stanislaus, hosted a program Tuesday in the quad of the campus in which 12 Stanislaus County law enforcement agencies received new sets of Fatal Vision Goggles for drunken driving education prevention which resemble alcohol impairment when worn.

UCD vet school to share Homeland Security grant, Sacramento Bee
The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine will share in an $18 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant directed toward protecting the food supply through the study of animal disease.

Livermore lab assailed for holes in security, San Francisco Chronicle
Investigators call radioactive cache vulnerable.

Top seniors bitter disappointment, Contra Costa Times
UC transfer option takes students by surprise.

USC launches capital institute, Sacramento Bee
The University of Southern California is establishing an institute at its Sacramento campus that will link public policy-makers and researchers.

Seniors may get waivers to graduate, Bakersfield Californian
About 1,000 Kern students eligible for pass from state if they don't pass algebra.

Gift to increase women in business, Contra Costa Times
Mills College just received a $10 million pledge to grow a graduate business school that will seek to increase the number of women in the world of business.

Pacific's tuition to leap 4.9%, Stockton Record
The cost of undergraduate education at the University of the Pacific will jump by $1,520 this fall under a new tuition and fee schedule approved by its Board of Regents.

Colleges say visa tracking improved but 'kinks' remain, San Diego Union-Tribune
A new visa database keeps better tabs on foreign students and researchers but the federal program is still plagued by technical problems, San Diego college representatives told a Homeland Security official yesterday.

Supporters Push Ronald Reagan University, Washington Post
Backers of the ambitious plan to build a private university outside Denver that would focus on the former president's economic and diplomatic principles asked the Colorado legislature this week to endorse the idea.

University Named for Reagan Is Planned, New York Times/AP
Organizers say they have begun raising money to establish a Ronald Reagan University in Colorado.

Immigrant Students Ask for a Chance at College, Chronicle of Higher Education
The Dream Act would let them pay in-state tuition.

Harvard Proposes Overhaul of Undergraduate Curriculum, With Emphasis on Science and Study Abroad, Chronicle of Higher Education
After spending more than a year reviewing its undergraduate curriculum, Harvard University released a report this week that proposes significant changes in how its students are educated.

Colorado Lawmakers Pass Bill That Would Send State Money to Students Instead of Institutions, Chronicle of Higher Education
Colorado is poised to become the first state to provide sizable public funds for higher education directly to students through a voucherlike program.

Colo. legislature oks college voucher bill, USA Today/AP
A proposal that would make Colorado the first state in the nation to issue vouchers to college students is on the way to the governor after lawmakers and university officials argued it may be the only way to save public higher education.

Peter Schrag: UC Merced -- Boondoggle or beacon - or maybe both, Sacramento Bee
The University of California at Merced, now going up in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, is a moving example of good people - many of them academic stars - trying to implement what many others think is a lousy idea in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Editorial: Leave CSU board alone, Sacramento Bee
Reject attempt to change governance.

Dan Walters: Could L.A. Mayor James Hahn suffer Gray Davis' fate?, Sacramento Bee
This city is just like the rest of the state - only more so. The powerful economic and social currents that have dramatically affected California during the last generation have utterly transformed its largest city.

Opinion: Achieving Diversity With Michigan in Mind, Chronicle of Higher Education
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decisions in the University of Michigan affirmative-action cases 10 months ago, it reaffirmed one of my bedrock beliefs, that the benefits of diversity are real, substantial, and worth pursuing vigorously.

Democrats target state tax breaks, Sacramento Bee
The leaders question the assumption that the 'loopholes' are creating jobs.

Governor cuts deals to grease budget talks, San Francisco Chronicle
He hopes working with interest groups will avoid fights later.

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