A method to this madness, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Guessing on sports is now Professor Stefani's passion. Using statistical models, he has tried to predict the winners of football, soccer and basketball contests … and to develop a winning betting system based on his results. He has presented his research at major international statistics conferences.

University to get $1.3 million for local campus, Desert Sun
Passage of Proposition 55 earlier this month will result in a $54 million allocation for California State University, San Bernardino with some of that money earmarked for its Palm Desert campus.

School of hard knocks, San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. State professor loves teaching at San Quentin.

'A piece of heaven', Press-Democrat
A rugged wilderness tract in southern Mendocino County -- home to bald eagles, black bears and mountain lions -- has been donated to Sonoma State University by the family of a prominent San Francisco insurance executive.

CSUS names business dean, Sacramento Bee
New York professor will oversee teaching staff of 90 people.

Star power at Berkeley, San Francisco Chronicle
As a graduate student more than a quarter century ago in UC Berkeley's top-rated anthropology department, I marveled at the public university's ability to recruit star professors from around the nation.

In-state students feel UC's pain, San Francisco Chronicle
Budget woes have Californians crying foul over changes.

Evolution education down to a science on Web, San Francisco Chronicle
UC Berkeley experts offer advice on facing 'pitfalls.'

Daring to be Republican on UC Berkeley campus, San Diego Union-Tribune
Numbers growing with changes in ethnicity, attitudes.

New universities would mean economic boost, Roseville Press-Tribune
A new study from a Sacramento think tank predicts universities like the two proposed for south Placer County could generate close to 9,400 jobs and over $1 billion in yearly economic output.

The staggering price of world's best research, San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area universities leading charge against publishers, arguing the knowledge in academic journals must be kept within reach.

Fraternities, sororities more diverse at UOP, Stockton Record
Minorities start own chapters.

New traditions take hold in old system, Stockton Record
For generations, Latina women typically left their family's households in a wedding dress instead of a cap and gown.

Waiting for the budget ax to fall, Stockton Record
Popular math/science program may lose state funding.

Cutbacks May Squeeze L.A. Unified Subdistricts, Los Angeles Times
Deborah L. Leidner oversees 70 schools and 73,000 students in a system almost the size of Fresno's. But despite the breadth of her responsibilities in a swath of the San Fernando Valley, Leidner does not head an independent school district.

We've got room, Mills College says, Sacramento Bee
It extends its application deadline to help students shut out at state schools.

Funds Could Leave No Bilingual Child Behind, Los Angeles Times
Once excluded from federal dollars, districts with limited-English learners are applying for money to improve literacy for students in grades K-3.

Defiant Official Gets Rare Backing, Los Angeles Times
In rejecting a state gender law -- a stance that jeopardizes funding -- a Westminster school trustee was stunned to land a majority.

Schools Pass Up Quake Safety Study, Los Angeles Times
Few districts request results of a state survey that found 7,537 buildings that might imperil students in the event of a big temblor.

Dedication to education, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Rodney Jones never stopped learning and worked his way from custodian to teacher. [Dominguez Hills alum.]

Rising Cost Hinders D.C. Tuition Program, Washington Post
The D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant, a unique federal initiative that allows city students to attend colleges and universities across the country at reduced rates, has opened up higher education to thousands, but rising costs now threaten to limit its reach

Bush administration expands race-neutral college ideas, USA Today/AP
The Bush administration on Friday issued expanded guidelines advising colleges on how they may create diversity on campus without explicitly factoring race in recruiting or admissions.

Colleges fear cuts in aid for students, Press-Herald (Maine)
Maine's colleges and universities would lose 52 percent of their federal funding from three student-aid programs under a Bush administration proposal to reallocate the money more evenly across the country.

Graduation Rates Called a Poor Measure of Colleges, Chronicle of Higher Education
Report says data don't give a true picture of success.

Cleveland State U. Resubmits Lawsuit Against PeopleSoft, Seeking $510-Million, Chronicle of Higher Education
Cleveland State University is suing PeopleSoft and a consulting firm in state court, alleging fraud and breach of contract that the university says led to millions of dollars' worth of problems with a campus-wide installation of management software.

Paige Finds Schools Act a Tough Sell, Los Angeles Times
Parents, teachers and state officials are chafing under the requirements of No Child Left Behind. The Education secretary defends the reforms.

Editorial: Education and diversity, San Francisco Chronicler
"Comprehensive review" is the dry term describing how more than 50, 000 students are admitted to eight of the nine University of California campuses each year.

Editorial: Not-So-Grown-Up Behavior, Los Angeles Times
State law prevails over local school politics and personal belief. That's a point of basic civics that three befuddled trustees of the Westminster elementary school district should struggle to recall.

Editorial: CASA scheme fails, Sacramento Bee
So much for alternative retirement systems.

Opinion: Getting an education in California: Class (and hope) dismissed: Community colleges in peril, Sacramento Bee
Last September, for the second time in the past 15 years, the promise of "access for all" to California community colleges was broken. Budget cuts capped state payments for student enrollments, resulting in the cancellation of thousands of classes.

Opinion: Getting an education in California: Giving credit where not due, Sacramento Bee
Think you get too many junk mail solicitations? Think again. I can safely say that for the last two years we've gotten almost one letter a day from various credit card companies addressed to one of our college-age children.

Daniel Weintraub: Just in time for summer, electricity issues return, Sacramento Bee
One of the legacies of the electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001 is that it is now illegal for Californians to buy and sell electricity on the open market.

Dan Walters: By punting on protection racket, Democrats shot selves in foot, Sacramento Bee
When unscrupulous law firms began operating an ill-disguised protection racket that shook down small California businesses for money, the Legislature - or at least its Democratic majority - found itself in a dilemma.

Dan Walters: Budget debate reflects larger shift to politics of rationing, Sacramento Bee
The state's chronic budget crisis has generated a flurry of Capitol protest demonstrations, newspaper articles, manifestos and other forms of political discourse that focus on potential spending reductions.

Opinion: Who Should Pay the Bill for a Private Education?, Chronicle of Higher Education
With tuition increasing on average 14 percent at public higher-education institutions and 6 percent at private ones, everyone is talking about college prices, including people in Congress.

George Skelton: Coercive Style Gets Results, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is perched to capture another huge trophy: workers' comp reform. Again, credit his capacity to cajole, coerce and compromise.

Insurance Fund Focus of Talks, Los Angeles Times
Aiming for agreement, lawmakers weigh how to lower state's workers' comp premiums.

System seen as ripe for overhaul, San Francisco Chronicle
Of all the crises in California, few touch as many lives and fortunes as the woes of the workers' compensation system.

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