Cal Poly students destroy bridges on campus - professor thrilled, Daily Bulletin
Cal Poly Pomona students often learn by doing. On Wednesday, 80 engineering students learned by destroying.

Horses drugged at Fresno State, Fresno Bee
Fresno State's equestrian staff injected two team horses with a tranquilizer just before competitions, the university admitted Wednesday. While the university said it would stop the practice, it was unclear whether any rules were broken.

Latino research center's move bolsters ties with school, San Diego Union-Tribune
A research institute on Latino issues has deepened its connection with California State University San Marcos by moving into the heart of campus.

250 high-schoolers get a glimpse of teaching as a profession, Chico Enterprise-Record
About 250 high-school kids came to Chico State University Wednesday to explore what could be their future.

Bohn vows Aztecs will run ethical program, San Diego Union-Tribune
A day after denying an ESPN report claiming strippers worked parties for San Diego State football recruits in the late 1990s, Athletic Director Mike Bohn clarified yesterday that he meant only that he was confident nothing happened in the 4½ months he has been at the school.

HSU's Isaac Carter wins Affirmative Action Award, The Times-Standard
Humboldt State University's associate director of the Housing and Dining Department, Isaac Carter, is being recognized for promoting diversity on campus.

English-language cuts spur uproar, Oakland Tribune
Students and faculty marched to the office of University of California, Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl to protest a decision by the campus' continuing education program to end its English Language Program, or ELP, for foreign students.

UCD worth billions, study says, Sacramento Bee
The University of California, Davis, and its health system pump more than $2 billion a year into the state and regional economies, a figure that officials hope will convince politicians that deeper cuts to the higher education budget will damage more than the campus and classrooms.

Colleges, universities pleased with election, Daily Bulletin
Bond means cuts will be less severe.

Some students easily get credit cards and suddenly . . . the sky is the limit, Daily Republic
College-age adults have increased their amount of credit card debt by almost 50 percent in the past year, while other Americans, on average, are lowering their balance, according to an annual credit card survey.

LAUSD begins cost-cutting campaign, Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Unified School District leaders considered slashing about $420 million from next year's spending by eliminating more than 500 nonteaching jobs, cutting employee hours and refinancing debt.

Schools relieved over vote, Daily Breeze
The worst-case scenarios for South Bay and Harbor Area schools were not pleasant. If the governor's $15 billion budget bailout didn't pass, campuses would have likely been forced to absorb bone-scraping cuts across the board.

'Missing' students travel to Sacramento, Times-Standard
Art and politics meet in a California Community Colleges project aimed at raising awareness of students without access to community college education.

Bill Would Increase Pell Grant Awards to Some Students, Based on Merit, Chronicle of Higher Education
Low-income students who take a rigorous high-school curriculum would be eligible for expanded Pell Grants during their first and second years of college under a bill introduced on Thursday by two Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Texas begs for teachers - with or without credentials, Christian Science Monitor
A new state program invites other kinds of professionals - and fresh controversy over qualifications - into schools.

Edison scores a much-needed victory, Christian Science Monitor
It may be too early to write the obituary for the experiment of using private companies to run public schools.

Colleges offering services for students in recovery, USA Today/AP
A growing number of colleges and universities are offering a variety of special services focused on helping former addicts stay sober and stay in school.

U.S. 12th-grade test needs overhaul, commission says, USA Today/AP
The national test considered the best measure of how high school seniors perform is suffering from plummeting student participation and growing questions about its reliability.

Opinion: Education SOS, Wall St. Journal
Economists have long predicted that education will be the fuel that drives the global economy. Well, many nations have already begun to rev their engines, while America's is stalled.

Walters: Ten years hasn't dimmed passions raised by 'three strikes', Sacramento Bee
It's not often that one sees genuine angst among politicians, but the Capitol was infused with near-panic in the early weeks of 1994. Or more accurately, Democratic legislators were.

Editorial: Free speech by the decibel?, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Citrus College's new free speech policy may be light years from its original, but it's still not the free speech we're guaranteed in the Constitution.

Editorial: Bonding with schools, The Press-Enterprise
Two messages resound from Tuesday's voting on school and college bonds: Californians are serious about improving education, even in difficult times. But they have deep reservations about this debtor state's capability to steward their educational investment.

Doubt Cast on Guards' Contract, Los Angeles Times
State lawmakers' attorneys say the union's long-term pay deal is unconstitutional.

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