Debate on growth of research at CSU campuses, San Francisco Chronicle
The research done by thousands of California State University professors is at the heart of a growing debate over a trend toward greater on-campus research -- as opposed to CSU's traditional mission as the teaching workhorse of the state's higher-education system.

CSU Hayward to guarantee spots, Chico Enterprise-Record
Cal State Hayward may not be at the top of the list of area high school seniors looking for a college. It may not be the most prestigious of the 23 schools in the California State University system. But the university has one thing to offer that many of the other CSU campuses don't -- space for incoming freshmen.

Schools, city get video outlet, Turlock Journal
Turlock city and educational information has a new state-of-the-art outlet at California State University, Stanislaus, as their new professional quality production studio has come on-line to serve the needs of the Turlock community.

HSU hears grim budget news, Eureka Times-Standard
Humboldt State University staff, faculty and students heard a report Friday on how the campus plans to cope with budget cuts of still-undetermined size.

Former players swear to impropriety in football program, San Diego Union-Tribune
The affidavits are part of a lawsuit brought by strength and conditioning coach Dave Ohton, who claims he was retaliated against for assisting a California State University auditor's investigation of the athletic department last year.

Where did SDSU go wrong? Select your allegations, San Diego Union-Tribune
Despite the SDSU athletic department's documented pains and its changes and its firings and its hirings and its efforts to get ahold of itself, whatever's broke on Montezuma Mesa doesn't appear to be getting fixed.

Slap was probed by SDSU officials, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State officials months ago investigated allegations that head football coach Tom Craft struck a player at a team meeting in February 2002.

Bohn does best to circle around Craft's job status, San Diego Union-Tribune
Athletic director also bars media access to event with SDSU coach.

Players step up in support of SDSU, Craft, North County Times
Angry players rose to the defense of San Diego State football coach Tom Craft on Friday after allegations surfaced that Craft struck a player and engaged in a pattern of drinking on road trips in 2002.

UC data accessed; students warned, Modesto Bee
The University of California at Merced is notifying thousands of San Joaquin Valley students that their personal information may have made its way into the wrong hands.

Getting a read on UC applicants, Sacramento Bee
At Davis, 'readers' look beyond the grades and test scores.

UC double-check turns up honesty, Contra Costa Times
UC spokesman Hanan Eisenman says the university double-checked details on 10 percent of applications in 2003, and another 10 percent this year -- some 4,500 applications in the past few weeks.

Budget forces job cuts at UCSC, Santa Cruz Sentinel
About 75 staff members at UC Santa Cruz will see their jobs disappear this fall under a streamlining designed to help the campus cope with an expected $17 million budget cut from the state.

Revered UC Chief Honored at Service, Los Angeles Times
Clark Kerr, who died Dec. 1, is remembered as a pioneer of higher education. Speakers fear his legacy may be at risk.

School Bond Measures Depend on a Willingness to Add Debt, Los Angeles Times
Will California voters' traditional strong support for schools outweigh their squeamishness over taking on more debt?

School construction money on the line in March election, North County Times
Voters will soon be asked to decide whether the state should borrow more money for school construction, a move that would ease overcrowding at local schools but would sink the already cash-strapped state into an additional $12.3 billion debt.

Measure to ease packed college, Contra Costa Times
More classroom space is one of many items to be paid for if Measure B, a bond measure to bring $498 million in new buildings and renovations to Las Positas College in Livermore and Chabot College in Hayward, is passed by voters on March 2.

School-funding measures set for vote, Contra Costa Times
Small class sizes, more classes, counselors and music. These are items included for funding in four upcoming East Bay school parcel tax measures.

2-Year Colleges Step Up Fundraising Efforts, Los Angeles Times
More schools seek to increase endowments through gala benefits, alumni outreach.

AVID learners have disproportional success, Daily Republic
AVID is for "kids in the middle" - the ones who don't earn the highest grades but show potential for higher education," said Granger Ward, statewide AVID director.

PeopleSoft reins in execs' compensation, Contra Costa Times
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund that has taken sharp aim at executive pay this proxy season, withdrew its proposal that PeopleSoft base 75 percent of executive pay on performance following negotiations with the PeopleSoft board.

Bush Education Officials Find New Law a Tough Sell, New York Times
As he campaigns for re-election, President Bush hopes to capitalize on the law, known as No Child Left Behind, as one of the pillars of his domestic agenda. But the Democratic presidential candidates have made it a frequent target of criticism and ridicule.

Boulder Rattled by Rape Charges Against Football Team, New York Times
The University of Colorado football program has long been a world apart in this famously idiosyncratic city nestled against the Rocky Mountains.

Playing With the Pell Grant, Chronicle of Higher Education
To curtail a budget shortfall, President Bush proposes changing the way the maximum award is set, but some college lobbyists object.

Sinking Their Teeth Into Sacred Cows, Chronicle of Higher Education
Strapped for cash, cities seek money from colleges' tax-exempt property.

Students stung by closings, Daily Bulletin/AP
Hundreds of computer training schools that sprouted during the dot-com boom have now shut down, leaving frustrated students with big debts and little education.

Opinion: Shortsighted thinking on colleges, North County Times
Higher education, once a luxury item reserved primarily for the sons and occasionally the daughters of the wealthy, is now a necessity for people who hope to join the middle class, and for a state that depends on innovative graduates to boost its economy.

Editorial: Yes on Prop. 55, Fresno Bee
State measure would mean more than $2 billion for Valley schools.

Letters to the Editor, Modesto Bee
Stanislaus State in question.

Editorial: Sí a la Proposición 55, La Opinion
[Editorial, in Spanish, supporting Proposition 55.]

Opinion: Tuition plan hints at waste of school funds , Los Angeles Daily News
To save money, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes that students accepted by California's public universities be given a choice to instead voluntarily attend community college for two years, free of charge. His idea hints at the huge but hidden subsidies paid by all taxpayers for students at California State University and the University of California..

Letters to the Editor, Los Angeles Times
California's Schoolkids Need Bond Funds Now.

Letters to the Editor, Los Angeles Times
Put the Good Back in Public: Raise Taxes to Fund Schools.

Opinion: Prop. 55 -- a forgotten proposition, Claremont-Upland Voice/Los Angeles Times
Proposition 55 is the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. I will try to educate voters on this "forgotten" proposition and, frankly, to advocate support for the measure.

Prop. 55: Good cause, but wrong time to hike debt, Daily Bulletin
Proposition 55 on the March ballot is a good idea coming at a terrible time. There's no denying the need driving the $12.3 billion school bond measure, but the state simply can't afford it right now.

Editorial: Our Views: Delaying UC Merced won't balance budget, Modesto Bee
While the legislative analyst offers good reasons for many of its proposed cuts, the only rationale it provides for attacking the University of California at Merced with a chain saw is that the school did not give its office justification for its budget request.

Editorial: No, not yet, on 55, Long Beach Press-Telegram
The timing is wrong for another school measure.

Editorial: Prisons busting budgets, Sacramento Bee
Guards' pact guarantees waste and abuse

Daniel Weintraub: Proposition 57 is governor's best chance to keep pledge, Sacramento Bee
When Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor last year, he pledged to repeal a recent increase in the car tax, restructure the state's debt and balance California's budget without raising taxes.

Mark Paul: Why voters don't believe state's in a crisis, Sacramento Bee
I opened to the front page of the paper Thursday morning to find the lead headline delivering another tale of California doom: "Growing budget gap seen," it declared.

Dan Walters: Democrats edgy, GOP upbeat in aftermath of recall, Sacramento Bee
The state is rock-solid for neither party and tends to shift its partisan orientation periodically, driven by its own ever-changing demography and the primacy of key issues.

San Quentin's warden to head prison system, San Francisco Chronicle
Former guard named to lead a department under fire. [Sonoma State alum]

Action figure: Energetic and charismatic, the state's new governor has earned high marks from across the political spectrum, Sacramento Bee
Much of his agenda a work in progress.

Budget pains likely to intensify, Stockton Record
The Schwarzenegger administration is expecting word today from the U.S. Supreme Court on a case that could add another $1 billion to the state's already-crippling deficit.

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