New CSUDH dean gets down to business, Daily Breeze
James Strong, who worked for nine years as a marketing representative and sales manager for a floor-tile company, helps aspiring business people achieve their dreams. In July, Strong joined California State University, Dominguez Hills as dean of the School of Business and Public Administration.

Rebuilding schools in Iraq, Daily Bulletin
Cal Poly Pomona professor helps make education accessible again.

CSU Trustee Argues Long-Term Effects of State Cuts, San Diego Business Journal
Community Colleges Likely to See Big Enrollment Increase.

Institute embraces cardiac challenge, San Diego Union-Tribune
SDSU researchers focus on reversing heart failure.

Chico State grad named to Interior Department post, Chico Enterprise-Record
Interior Secretary Gale Norton has appointed Jason Peltier as deputy assistant secretary for Water and Science. [Peltier is a former CSU student Trustee.]

CSUSB giving itself ‘high-five’, Desert Sun
Ceremony to mark placing final girder on new building.

Filmed school, Ventura County Star
Hollywood projects bring much-needed cash to CSUCI's fledgling campus.

CSUSM's Kellogg Library opens doors for first time, North County Times
The signage was upside down in certain places, but most everything else was decidedly upbeat as the new Kellogg Library at Cal State San Marcos opened to students Tuesday for the first time.

Peterson Trial Is Moved to San Mateo County, Los Angeles Times
Judge reaffirms his opinion that media coverage of the murder case has tainted the jury pool in Modesto. [Student survey referenced.]

Potential tuition increase disturbs faculty at UCR, Press-Enterprise
UC Riverside Chancellor France Cordova told a faculty group Tuesday that she is concerned about how the campus will continue to grow in the face of budget cuts.

UC Irvine test-drives hydrogen SUVs, Los Angeles Times
The governor and the president have backed hydrogen fuel, putting Irvine on the cutting edge.

I'll be broke, London Guardian
Tuition fees in California are soaring and now Governor Schwarzenegger wants to slash state funding, fuelling fears that US public universities are in crisis.

Educators pin hopes on Prop. 57, Daily Breeze
FUNDING: South Bay school officials endorse Gov. Schwarzenegger’s $15 billion state bailout bond measure.

Governor seeks shift of college entrance, Salinas Californian
Plan would send more first-year students to community college.

School districts aim for Prop. 55 funding, Bakersfield Californian
Local dollars would be matched with state cash for building projects.

Report recommends expanding California charter schools, Press-Democrat/AP
California should lift the cap on the number of charter schools, simplify funding and tighten oversight over the alternatives to traditional public schools, a study released Tuesday recommended.

LAUSD: Take from rich, give to poor?, Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Unified officials are mulling plans to change the distribution of some $3 billion in funding -- nearly half its budget -- which could direct money away from affluent schools to those in lower-income neighborhoods.

Case could boost funding for private schools, Christian Science Monitor
The US Supreme Court considers whether federal judges can rule on a parochial-school tax credit.

One city, one curriculum, Christian Science Monitor
Consistency is the goal in New York City's efforts to improve its schools. But learning to work from one central playbook is not easy for its teachers.

Martian Robot Does Double Duty as Teachers' Aide, Los Angeles Times
Mission is used in classrooms across U.S. to liven up geography, physics, other lessons.

Bush Expresses Support for Community Colleges and Pell Grants, but Provides No Details, Chronicle of Higher Education
In his State of the Union message Tuesday, President Bush proposed to increase federal support for community colleges to provide job training. He also proposed increasing the amounts of Pell Grants for secondary-school students who take "demanding" college-preparatory courses.

State Budget Writers Are Urged to Protect College Access and Affordability, Chronicle of Higher Education
Higher tuition rates and slashed state appropriations to colleges denied at least 250,000 prospective students access to college in the 2003-4 fiscal year.

New York's Governor Proposes Allowing Private Colleges to Use State Funds for Facilities, Chronicle of Higher Education
Gov. George E. Pataki of New York wants the state's private colleges to be able to compete, for the first time, for public funds to help pay for capital projects.

Editorial: Thumbs Down, Modesto Bee
to California State University, Stanislaus.

Peter Schrag: Bush's legalization plan, Sacramento Bee
President Bush's still-shapeless proposal to give legal guest worker status to some 8 million illegal aliens, one-third of them in California, may never become law.

Dan Walters: Governor's pledge could collide with prison union's power, Sacramento Bee
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) has evolved from virtual invisibility to the state's most politically powerful union, and one of its two or three most influential interest groups.

Steve Lopez: Surcharge Not Too Taxing for Wealthy, Los Angeles Times
So what would you say if I told you there's a way to wipe out the entire state budget deficit, and it wouldn't cost one red cent for the vast majority of Californians?

Jay Mathews: Turning Strife Into Success, Washington Post
One of the many things I envy about teachers is the joy they feel when students come back to tell them how grateful they are for what they were taught

Fresno gets the hard sell, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday gave Fresno the hard sell on a $15 billion bond that is at the heart of his economic recovery plan for California, saying if voters fail to approve the ballot measure on March 2, it will mean "Armageddon cuts" to the state's budget.

Gov. Warns of 'Armageddon Cuts', Los Angeles Times
He predicts financial disaster if Propositions 57 and 58 fail.

Angelides Denounces School Cuts, Los Angeles Times
The Democratic state treasurer calls the governor's proposed funding reductions for higher education 'shortsighted.'

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