CSUS President has Grand Plans for the Future, Comstocks Business Magazine
Alexander Gonzalez is the first new president at California State University, Sacramento in 20 years -- and he's got some big plans in mind.

State university cuts could mean fewer new teachers, Hayward Review
CSUH may have to trim admissions in growing credential program.

Grant goes to CSUSB, Press-Enterprise
A statewide higher-education planning group has awarded an $845,274 grant to Cal State San Bernardino to strengthen science education in the Coachella Valley.

Gas line ruptures at Cal Poly, students and staff evacuated, Daily Bulletin
A student-housing building at Cal Poly Pomona was evacuated after a gas line ruptured on campus late Thursday morning, a Los Angeles County Fire official said.

Stan State uses loophole to expand men's teams, Modesto Bee
For one day in September, the California State University, Stanislaus, women's cross country team boasted 43 runners, but only 12 were full-time members of the team. The other 31 were Warrior softball and women's basketball players instructed by their coaches to participate in one cross country meet for the purpose of enhancing the school's female sports participation numbers.

U. of California Was the Top University in Winning Patents Last Year, Chronicle of Higher Education
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced the universities that were awarded the most patents in 2003. The University of California system ranked first, with 439 patents, the 10th consecutive year it has led the list.

Fulbright applicants may yet have a shot at fellowship, Berkeley Voice
There is hope for the 30 UC Berkeley graduate students who had their Fulbright applications shot down after a missed postmark deadline.

Report cites lack of English fluency, Contra Costa Times/AP
California students who are still learning English are taking too long to master their new language, which puts them at risk of falling behind in math and reading and hampering their education, according to a report released Thursday.

County OKs Preschool Expansion, Los Angeles Times
The 'historic' plan, using state tobacco tax money, seeks to hire teachers, build campuses and educate 100,000 4-year-olds over 10 years.

Schools counting on Prop. H, San Diego Union-Tribune
Fates of 11 campuses tied to bond passage.

L.B. woman's gift will launch careers, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Doris Westcott, 95, who donated $500,000 for gerontology school at USC, is feted.

Campus security to increase after rape, Ventura County Star
Oxnard College officials announced Thursday plans to increase campus security and close a parking lot where a woman was raped last week.

Learning English at school, Los Angeles Daily News
State reports Latino immigrants' children slow to master language.

Schools may lean more on parents , San Jose Mercury-News
Palo Alto High Principal Sandra Pearson plans to ask the Parent Teacher Student Association to offset the $24,000 in cuts for supplies -- which breaks down to $15 a student. That's what the PTSA did this school year after the district shrunk spending per high school students by $6.

Harvard approves student sex magazine, CNN/AP
Harvard University has approved a student magazine about sex that will feature art, sex advice and fiction -- as well as photographs of undressed Harvard undergraduates.

Deeper Pockets, Different Tactics, Chronicle of Higher Education
For-profit colleges thrive, but fears of a slowdown lead them to try new strategies.

Textbook publisher to print cheaper versions, San Francisco Chronicle
One of the nation's largest college textbook publishers will offer a stripped-down line to cut 25 percent off prices, a move lauded by a student- led activist group that two weeks ago accused publishers of driving up textbook prices by adding "bells and whistles" and printing unnecessary new editions.

Mercer U. Police Records Must Be Made Public, Georgia Judge Rules, Chronicle of Higher Education
In a departure from legal precedent, a Georgia judge has ruled that Mercer University, a private institution, must make its campus crime records public to comply with the state's open-records laws.

Long Island U. at Brooklyn Shakes Up Campus Newspaper's Staff for Publishing Student's Grades, Chronicle of Higher Education
Long Island University at Brooklyn removed the faculty adviser of its weekly student newspaper, Seawanhaka, after the paper published the grades of a former student leader late last month. University officials also temporarily removed the newspaper's student editor and changed the locks on the Seawanhaka office.

Opinion: California's war on youth, Hayward Review
Hidden in the governor's proposed budget cuts is a plan to stop ALL state funding to alternative sentencing for juveniles and to eliminate the entire EOP in all 23 California State University campuses.

Dan Walters: High school reform needed, but college is not for everyone, Sacramento Bee
The fact is that a tiny percentage of incoming high school freshmen will ever complete a four-year degree and that about a third of them will drop out before earning even a high school diploma.

Editorial: Prop. 55 is next up for a yes, San Jose Mercury News
Decrepit Schools Desperately Need Second Half of Construction Bonds.

Opinion: Where do remedial students go? CSU, Orange County Register
Deficiencies of freshmen class confirm just how bad state's K-12 system is.

Núñez says tax hikes not on his agenda, Sacramento Bee
In a departure from legislative Democrats' longtime insistence that the state must raise taxes to ease its budget woes, the Assembly's new Democratic leader said Thursday that his agenda does not include tax hikes.

Team promotes Prop. 55, Press-Enterprise
Supporters say the initiative is needed to build new schools and rebuild old ones.

Prop. 55 ad hits wrong school, Press-Democrat
District officials say photo identification may be off but a need for money is not.

Prop. 55 could help fix classroom shortage, Daily Bulletin
Opponents: Measure would burden debt-ridden state.

Budget Woes to the Wind as Schwarzenegger Takes to the Road, New York Times
Mr. Schwarzenegger knows that his personality and his legions of fans are the root of his uncommon political successes.

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