Room with a View, Monterey Herald
CSUMB president's top-floor office location raises ire of some students and teachers.

Cal State gains among Latinos, Press-Enterprise
When a study of grad school enrollment puts it 12th, officials see that as efforts paying off.

Cal State ready for summer schedule, San Bernardino Sun
Beginning June 14, Cal State San Bernardino will switch to its summer schedule. The limited schedule will help the university reduce its energy consumption and save money.

Students Protest Cal State Hikes, Los Angeles Times
Fullerton campus rally draws 300 who oppose higher tuition and fees for the system.

600 at CSUF protest cuts to state university funding, Orange County Register
Undergraduate tuition could rise by 10% next fall under governor's proposal.

Lumberjack story fuels controversy, Eureka Times-Standard
Two sexually explicit stories in campus newspaper The Lumberjack have outraged some advertisers and led to complaints to top Humboldt State University administrators.

UC releases admissions study report, Oakland Tribune
University of California needs to take some of the mystery out of its admissions policies to promote greater understanding among a public that is often confused about what it takes to get into selective campuses.

UC Davis is set to build stalled hotel, Sacramento Bee
A judge rejects the second suit against the center, planned off I-80 near the Mondavi Center.

UC Davis to help promote biotech crops, Sacramento Bee
UC Davis will lead a nationwide effort to bring the benefits of future biotech crops to developing countries and to farmers who don't attract much interest from big companies.

U. of California Report Fails to Settle Debate Over Whether Racial Bias Occurs in Admissions, Chronicle of Higher Education
A report issued on Thursday by a University of California review panel leaves open the question of whether the university system is favoring black and Hispanic applicants, in violation of state law.

New dropout rates meaningless, Oakland Tribune
Federal goverment requires states to release data, but they know statistics are not accurate.

Teacher absences hurting kids, Los Angeles Daily News
Growing problem costs LAUSD about $430 million a year.

Absentee Rate Has LAUSD Worried, Los Angeles Times
A new report on the problem raises concerns over the cost of hiring replacement teachers.

Drew University OKs Cuts on Board, Los Angeles Times
A top official at the university affiliated with Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center said Thursday that the school had agreed to eliminate all but eight positions on its 23-member board of trustees to help reform the troubled institution.

Parents defend bilingual classes in Santa Ana, Orange County Register
One activist calls a critical grand jury report 'little more than an opinion piece.'

Advocates work to save vocational ed programs, USA Today/AP
One of the richest scholarships in North America for high school students isn't for physics or calculus, but for starting a dead sedan.

Nancy Reagan vetoes efforts for Ronald Reagan University, USA Today/AP
Nancy Reagan is just saying no to the idea of a Ronald Reagan University in Colorado. Organizers wanted to name a proposed 10,000-student university after the former president, but his wife issued a statement Thursday effectively killing the idea.

Harvard Receives Gift to Promote Public Service, New York Times
Hoping to draw doctors, lawyers and businesspeople into public service, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of U.S. News & World Report and The Daily News, said yesterday that he was giving Harvard $10 million to support professionals who pursue public health, education and government degrees.

NCAA Gives Final Approval to Punishments for Teams With Substandard Academic Records, Chronicle of Higher Education
The top governing board of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I voted on Thursday to approve a series of penalties for sports teams whose players do not keep up in the classroom.

Need-Based Aid Benefits Society and Deserves Increased Support, Report Says, Chronicle of Higher Education
Current levels of need-based student aid may not be sufficient to help all qualified high-school students from low-income backgrounds attend college, according to a report scheduled to be issued today.

School districts embracing K-8 environment, CNN/AP
Baltimore -- empowered by a rare consensus among parents, educators and politicians -- began combining many elementary and middle schools in single K-8 facilities. It's part of a quiet movement seen in other urban systems across the country.

Editorial: Crisis at Boalt Hall, San Francisco Chronicle
Carrying signs with slogans such as "Don't Terminate My Future,'' and "Raise Taxes Not Fees,'' Boalt Hall School of Law students gathered yesterday in their verdant courtyard on the UC Berkeley campus to protest a $5, 000 fee increase Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to impose on them this fall -- on top of another $3,000 fee increase this year.

Editorial: Unfair funding, San Diego Union-Tribune
Most of California's 108 community colleges can be forgiven for feeling like Charlie Brown trying to kick that infernal football. No sooner does the Legislature talk about equalizing the state's unfair community college funding formula than someone intervenes, Lucy-like, to yank the ball away.

Arnold wary of revenue windfall, Los Angeles Daily News
State tax receipts are running $1.7 billion above projections, a surprise development that the Schwarzenegger administration insisted on Thursday will not ease the difficulty of curing California's budget ills.

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