Two finalists announced for San Jose State president, San Jose Mercury-News
Two finalists for the presidency of San Jose State University were announced today, four months after the California State University trustees rejected the first three candidates, saying none was the right match for the university.

Jarvis is a finalist for San Jose State job, The Oregonian
Richard Jarvis, who announced his resignation last week as the chancellor of the Oregon university system, is one of two finalists for the presidency of San Jose State University.

Finalists named for SJSU president, Fremont Argus
College executives from Oregon, New York will visit campus next week.

Two finalists named for SJSU presidency, San Jose Business Journal
Paul Yu, president of the State University of New York College at Brockport and Richard Jarvis, chancellor of the Oregon University System, are the two finalists to be the next president of San Jose State University, the California State University said Tuesday.

New set of finalists for San Jose State president, Chico Enterprise-Record
For the second time since last fall San Jose State University will get a chance to look at a slate of finalists seeking to fill the campus president's chair.

Gift of $900,000 to CSUS to benefit Stanislaus students, Turlock Journal
Scholarships at California State University, Stanislaus recently received a welcome boost with a gift of nearly $900,000 from the Cronkite 1993 Trust, established by the late Juanita Cronkite.

University prepares for new library, Ventura County Star
Richard Rush, president of California State University, Channel Islands, and other university administrators are settling into new offices this week after moving out of the university's longtime administration building to make room for a new library.

Bayview neighborhood acquisition removed from HSU Master Plan, Eureka Times-Standard
Being true to form, Humboldt State University President Rollin Richmond has taken the concerns of Arcata residents into consideration.

SDSU to end classes at National City site, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State University plans to stop offering classes in National City after this semester to cut costs in a budget crunch.

In Brief: S.F. State May Cut Engineering School, Los Angeles Times
San Francisco State University is considering eliminating its School of Engineering to help close a $14-million budget gap.

Labor Study Is Alone Under Gov.'s Budget Ax, Los Angeles Times
Of the hundreds of research institutes in California's public university system, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has targeted just one for elimination: a think tank dedicated to organized labor.

Governor appoints six to college board, Oakland Tribune
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed four new members and reappointed two members to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors.

Students, professors protest rising textbook costs, Contra Costa Times
More than 100 UC and California State University professors around the state signed an April 6 letter along with 400 others nationwide calling on Thomson Learning, a giant in the textbook industry, to lower prices and stop releasing new editions every few years.

First efforts in the state began in '97, Sacramento Bee
Single-gender schools were thought to be valuable, but no statewide evaluation was ever funded.

Pacific to screen for alcohol problems among students, Stockton Record
Nearly half of the 462 student violations at University of the Pacific so far this year have been for alcohol-related offenses.

Lawsuit against schools tossed, Oakland Tribune
Judge: District method for placing students is not racial discrimination

Princeton Proposes Curbing the Growing Number of A's Awarded to A-List Students, New York Times
Aiming to halt widespread grade inflation afflicting Ivy League colleges, Princeton University officials are proposing to limit the number of A's that its professors award.

Ex-Princeton Chief Urges Admissions Edge for Poorer Students, New York Times
Pressing to broaden the diversity of elite higher education, William G. Bowen, former president of Princeton, called on top colleges and universities yesterday to admit more low-income students by giving them preferences like those granted to minorities, recruited athletes and the children of alumni.

From Cow College to Campus of Champions, New York Times
First came basketball. Then came a ton of money, more than $2 billion from the state toward an ambitious 20-year campus construction plan. Then came this week, when the University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball teams delivered twin national championships on consecutive nights.

Harvard and Wharton Business Schools Refuse to Provide Some Data to Compilers of Rankings, Chronicle of Higher Education
Two top business schools announced this week that they would no longer release to the news media certain information used in creating college rankings, a move that suggests a growing disdain for such lists, which critics have long argued are misleading and unfair.

Disabled Alaska Students Can Waive Exams, Stockton Record/AP
Alaska high school seniors with disabilities will not need to pass the state's new high school exit exam to graduate this spring.

Opinion: The downside of venerating victims, San Diego Union-Tribune
While most people were shocked that a University of Wisconsin-Madison student's tale of being abducted at knifepoint and enduring a four-day "imprisonment" at the hands of her kidnapper has been called a hoax by police, those of us who spend our days on college campuses are much less surprised.

Letters to the Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune
There are other paths to SDSU's future.

Editorial: Campus censorship, USA Today
What started out as a foolish prank at several college newspapers has turned into a bad joke for free speech.

Daniel Weintraub: Payroll's picture is distorted, Sacramento Bee
In fact, while the California Legislature is officially one of four in the nation designated as full-time, legislating really is not what most people would consider a full-time job.

Opinion: Social engineering 101, San Francisco Chronicle
It doesn't reflect well on San Francisco State University that President Robert Corrigan has announced that he is considering axing the School of Engineering to close a budget gap.

Schools plan hit by tax foes, Sacramento Bee
The proposed initiative would boost residential levies, they contend.

The Improving Classroom Education Act at-a-glance, Sacramento Bee/AP
How it works: Raises the property tax rate on commercial property from 1 percent of assessed value to 1.55 percent, raising about $7 billion.

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