Professor gets star billing, Press-Enterprise
The San Bernardino campus theater will be named in his honor.

CSUSM offers refresher courses for nurses, North County Times
Introductory Spanish and balancing life and work are among the courses slated to begin next month in the Cal State San Marcos program designed for nurses to refresh and upgrade their skills.

Nick Canepa: SDSU president hails dents in BCS' armor, San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego State's president, Dr. Stephen Weber, who cares for the BCS as he does academic fraud – and finds the two comparable – thinks this time the BCS may have found a petard upon which to hoist itself.

Parole denied for former CHP officer in Knott slaying , San Diego Union-Tribune
Former California Highway Patrol Officer Craig Peyer was denied parole yesterday from the prison term he is serving for murdering a college student he pulled over along Interstate 15 in 1986. [Student was from SDSU.]

Full UC Merced funds expected, Fresno Bee
Lawmakers are optimistic that the campus currently being built will get $20m.

Budget ax takes aim at online classes, Santa Cruz Sentinel
The governor wants to pull the plug in mid-semester on some 1,900 high school students statewide taking advanced classes online to boost their chances of college admission.

Glendale College Faces New Fiscal Challenge, Los Angeles Times
Educators and students feel the stress from being on state's watch list.

CalPERS money firms queried, San Francisco Chronicle
Federal and state investigators have questioned at least 15 of the more than 60 investment firms that help manage money for California's state pension system about their trading, state documents show.

Fee cap proposal for colleges lauded, Oakland Tribune
But officials, students await more details on governor's suggested limit of 10 percent.

Many intrigued by bid to cap college fee hikes, Sacramento Bee
In his bid to stabilize student fees, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger could trade California's reputation as a provider of cheap, world-class higher education for something maybe more valuable to parents: more predictability about how much it will cost to send their child to college.

Schwarzenegger Pushing to Raise College Fees 10% to 44%, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to propose a 10% fee increase for Californians attending college at the University of California and California State University and a fee hike of up to 40% for graduate students at the universities, sources familiar with the governor's budget said Wednesday.

Parents fight school closings, San Francisco Chronicle
Oakland budget crisis will shut 5 or 6, state-imposed boss says.

Educators face cutbacks, Los Angeles Daily News
State college and local K-12 administrators said Wednesday that they could absorb a proposed $2 billion in education cuts this year but worry that future cuts could erode California's education standards.

College districts get harsh lesson in fiscal reality, Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Glendale and Ventura community college districts have been warned they could be in financial trouble and must outline a strategy for improvement, officials said Wednesday.

A bill to protect campus conservatives?, Christian Science Monitor
Its eight points include the idea that faculty should not be hired, fired, or granted tenure on the basis of political or religious beliefs; that students should never be graded on such beliefs; that faculty shouldn't use the classroom for indoctrination; and that courses should offer a range of viewpoints.

Bush education law transforming schools, Christian Science Monitor
Two years on, the 'No Child Left Behind' law draws continued criticism - and shifts focus to worst-off students.

State Spending on Colleges Drops Over All for First Time in 11 Years, Chronicle of Higher Education
The economy as a whole may be improving, but don't tell that to public colleges, which had one of their worst years ever this year in terms of getting money from their states.

City Settles Suit and Will Take Back Students, New York Times
The New York City Department of Education has settled a federal lawsuit charging that it illegally forced hundreds of struggling students out of Franklin K. Lane High School in recent years.

Va. Panel Targets Students' Scores, Washington Post
Virginia's Board of Education wants the power to sue school districts that are slow to improve chronically low test scores.

Opinion: Sacramento's Status Quo Is History, Los Angeles Times
Schwarzenegger's rapport with voters puts state legislators on the defensive.

Daniel Weintraub: Governor looks to radical overhaul of operations, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised this week to conduct a top-to-bottom review of state government that will examine every function, determine if it is still worth doing and, if so, whether it can be done better.

George Skelton: Gov. Leaves T-Word Unsaid as Day of Reckoning Looms, Los Angeles Times
What Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger chose not to say in his State of the State address was this: If California voters on March 2 refuse to approve his monster credit-card charge, he'll just have to sock them with a monster tax increase.

FPPC sues over election funds, Sacramento Bee
Panel says Bustamante illegally raised $3.8 million in his run for governor.

Governor to announce $2 billion school deal, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has cut a $2 billion deal with key education groups that would allow him to save the state money, increase per-pupil spending and potentially set the stage for school salary increases in a year of financial crisis.

Governor will ask casinos for cash, San Francisco Chronicle
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to ask California Indian tribes to contribute less than $1 billion in casino revenue to help close the state's budget deficit, a lower financial burden than demanded by former Gov. Gray Davis but still a political risk for the new governor.

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