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Office of the Chancellor / Public Affairs
March 24, 2004
 
CSU/Campus News
 

Chico State must hit enrollment bull's-eye or face more cuts, Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico State President Paul J. Zingg told a Tuesday meeting of a campus budget committee the university is under absolute orders to hit its enrollment target for next fall right on the money.

CSUCI announces winners of courtyard design contest, Ventura County Star
A garden of earthly delights, replete with fruit trees, herbs and a wide variety of vegetables, could be sprouting soon at California State University, Channel Islands.

Cal State SB plans center for Middle Eastern studies, San Bernardino Sun
If it can find the funding, the university hopes to form the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, at least on paper, by the end of the year.

 
UC News
 

UCR study links longer life, diet, Press-Enterprise
It may never be too late to change your diet, according to a study led by a UC Riverside professor.

 
California News
 

CalPERS finds CASA pension system invalid, Sacramento Bee
The CASA pension system is not a valid retirement program, a state investigation has found, and the Sacramento City Unified School District now owes millions in retirement contributions dating to 2000.

Full-day kindergarten OK'd, Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified School District board dismissed threats from the teachers union Tuesday and voted to move ahead with plans to implement full-day kindergarten at some schools as early as July.

Music suits include USC, CSUN users, Los Angeles Daily News
The recording industry filed a new wave of lawsuits Tuesday against 532 alleged music-sharers, including individuals using computer networks at USC and Cal State Northridge.

O.C. Schools' Loan Is Lost Over Issue of Sex Identity, Los Angeles Times
A decision by three Orange County school trustees based on their Christian beliefs about sexual identity now has a $16-million price tag.

Auto Tech Academy Helps Put Teens Back on Track, Los Angeles Times
San Clemente High program integrates vocational training, traditional academics.

 
National News
 

Graduation Is Secondary for Many in Final 16, New York Times
The N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament is once more whittled to a field of 16, and among the teams are a few surprises. Graduation rates among players on the remaining teams have once more been analyzed in studies, and in that regard there have been no surprises: only four — Duke, Kansas, Vanderbilt and Xavier — posted graduation rates of 50 percent or better.

New Round of Recording-Industry Lawsuits Pursues Song-Swappers on 21 University Networks, Chronicle of Higher Education
Record companies stepped up their campaign against campus music piracy on Tuesday by filing suit against 532 individuals whom the companies accuse of illegally swapping songs, including 89 people using university computer networks.

Low Graduation Rates for Top Basketball Teams Spur Criticism of Colleges and Education Department, Chronicle of Higher Education
Two reports released this week criticize colleges for failing to graduate their basketball players and lambaste the U.S. Department of Education for suppressing graduation-rate data for some institutions.

U.S. students shun computer sciences, San Jose Mercury-News
Undergraduates in U.S. universities are starting to abandon their studies in computer technology and engineering amid widespread worries about the accelerating pace of offshoring by high-technology employers.

Women Are Landing More Administrative and Coaching Jobs in College Sports, Survey Finde, Chronicle of Higher Education
The number of college teams for female athletes appears to have peaked in 2002, but women are getting a few more administrative posts and coaching jobs in college sports, according to the latest update of a 27-year-old survey.

 
Editorials/Letters/Opinion
 

Editorial: Access to higher education must be assured, Hollister Free Lance
It’s one thing to cut programs to achieve cost efficiencies and reduce duplication. It’s quite another to zero-out successful programs that need stable, reliable funding to achieve long-term results.

Editorial: UC by the numbers, Sacramento Bee
Moores' SAT crusade misses the mark.

Peter Schrag: On higher ed: The governor's march to the rear, Sacramento Bee
As students march in protest and university trustees talk policy, the biggest shadow cast by California's higher education budget cuts and fee increases isn't the immediate hardships for students and their colleges, but the state's lack of direction and vision.

Dan Walters: Núñez trims committees but also boosts Democratic margins, Sacramento Bee
Maddox, a Republican assemblyman from Orange County, was stripped of four of his five committees assignments this week when Núñez announced his new committee lineup.

Letters to the Editor, Los Angeles Times
Academics, Not Race, Is the Cal Poly Agenda.

Red Ink: Readers say public-college students shouldn't complain, Orange County Register
Red Ink's inbox was flooded last week as readers protested the notion that community college students' education should continue to be subsidized by taxpayers at the current rate - or even be subsidized at all.

Opinion: The SDSU of the future, San Diego Union-Tribune
What should the educational and service roles of San Diego State University be? How should SDSU, the most comprehensive California State University in the region, balance teaching and research, graduate and undergraduate programs and its regional, state and international interests?

 
Politics
 

Shriver is rising force as California first lady, Sacramento Bee
She's mused in private about organizing a California Peace Corps and holding a giant online "garage sale," where ordinary Californians and celebrities could donate proceeds to help the state dig out of its budget mess.

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