CSU trustees to meet at Fresno State, Fresno Bee
State budget impact weighs heavily in university system's two days of talks, officials say.

Lilly to retire but has no plans to leave education, North County Times
Steve Lilly is stepping down as dean of education at Cal State San Marcos, but he hardly plans to tone down his efforts at making sure all schoolchildren in San Diego County get an even break.

Parents sue college after death of daughter at equestrian trial, Contra Costa Times/AP
The parents of a Fresno State University equestrian team member who died after falling from a horse have filed a $10 million negligence claim against the school, saying their daughter was put at risk by the school's lack of coaches or supervision.

CSUSM summer session set to start May 24, North County Times
Even though the university is reverting to making the summer session self-supporting, using no resources from the state budget to run it, the tuition will stay the same as that of the regular fall and spring semesters.

Search starts for lab chief, Contra Costa Times
UC President Robert Dynes names 10 to a committee to advise him on finding a new director for Lawrence Berkeley.

UC Got Body Parts Warning a Year Ago, Los Angeles Times
State health inspectors alerted officials about possible abuses at UCLA, documents show.

Alleged abuse at UCLA cadaver program known one year before investigation, San Francisco Chronicle/AP
High-ranking officials of the University of California system had known of alleged abuses at UCLA but waited one year before launching an investigation into the illegal sale of donated body parts, it was reported Tuesday.

6,500 Wrong E-Mails About Scholarships Sent by UC Davis, Los Angeles Times
UC Davis officials acknowledged Monday that they wrongly notified 6,500 college applicants that they had won academic scholarships worth up to $7,500 a year — the second admissions foul-up by the University of California system in recent weeks.

Students rally against planned community college fee hikes, Contra Costa Times
Thousands of community college students marched Monday to the state Capitol to protest proposed fee hikes they said would put higher education out of reach for many Californians.

Governor appoints two aides to help limit college tuition increases, San Diego Union-Tribune
Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has enlisted a Democrat and retired schoolteacher to help carry out out his plan to limit college tuition increases.

College students protest Schwarzenegger fee plan, Sacramento Bee
Thousands march in the capital to decry the proposed 44 percent increase.

Health on CalPERS' agenda, San Francisco Chronicle
CalPERS, the state's gigantic public pension fund, may charge Northern California members more for their health coverage than their counterparts in Southern California, where the cost of care tends to be cheaper.

Colleges face spare changes, Christian Science Monitor
Like many states, Colorado wants to trim its budget - even as record numbers of students opt for college. Who will foot the bill?

Rules Eased on Upgrading U.S. Schools, New York Times
Faced with growing criticism in school districts and state legislatures of the No Child Left Behind law, the Department of Education on Monday eased the way for schools to meet the law's requirement that highly qualified teachers stand at the front of every classroom.

Washington State Lawmakers Endorse Plan to Allow Private Colleges to Compete for Some State Funds, Chronicle of Higher Education
Private colleges in Washington State would be allowed, for the first time, to receive state aid for students enrolling in high-demand programs, under a controversial budget provision that state lawmakers passed late last week.

Career Academies Are Giving High School Graduates a Boost in Job Market, Study Says, Los Angeles Times
Report says they earn more than their peers when they enter the workforce.

Opinion: President of Brown seeks to fuel reparations debate, USA Today
Ruth Simmons is either a visionary leader or a misguided racial muckraker.

Dan Walters: The annual community college protest march loses some oomph, Sacramento Bee
The most significant aspect of the community college event, however, was the relatively small size of the protest crowd, probably less than half of the estimated 10,000 who turned out a year ago, one of the largest demonstrations ever seen at the Capitol.

Editorial: Assuring college access, Sacramento Bee
Continue UC, CSU college prep programs.

Daniel Weintraub: After misstep, governor applies a lighter touch, Sacramento Bee
The governor's error came in December, when he proposed repealing a law that makes services to the developmentally disabled an entitlement.

Editorial: Exit exam looms, San Diego Union-Tribuner
Thousands of high school sophomores throughout the county are taking this week the state-mandated exit exam to determine whether they will graduate with their class in 2006.

Editorial: Easing the Textbook Pinch, Los Angeles Times
Despite the Monday march in Sacramento by thousands of community college students, there's little a cut-costs-everywhere state can do to avoid raising their fees for a second straight year.

Public payroll soars, Los Angeles Daily News
From the city of Los Angeles to California state government, the cost of salaries and benefits for public employees has soared far faster than inflation in the last five years -- three times as fast in the case of the Los Angeles Unified School District, a Daily News analysis has found.

Workers' comp a ballot box risk, Sacramento Bee
Legislators will likely make a deal to avoid an initiative battle.

Governor Gives to Drive for Workers' Comp Reform, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has donated more than $1 million from his main political committee, the California Recovery Team, to the drive to put an initiative to reform workers' compensation on the November ballot.

Arduin to Walk Economic Tightrope, Los Angeles Times
Confirmed as the state finance director, the administration's 'bad cop' favors budget cuts.

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