Daily News Clips
Office of the Chancellor / Public Affairs
May 11, 2004
 
CSU/Campus News
 

Schwarzenegger, Colleges Reach Budget Compromise, Los Angeles Times
He agrees to scale back tuition hike, enrollment limits in exchange for a steep spending cut.

Budget cuts now, money later, Contra Costa Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has struck new deals with local governments and the state's universities to try to clear the way for the first on-time spending plan in four years.

CSU, UC cut deal on fee boosts, Sacramento Bee
They OK governor's plan with a promise of funding hike later.

Governor works deal, Los Angeles Daily News
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce today a budget deal with California's higher education community that addresses the state's immediate need to cut spending but guarantees public universities more money in the future.

Cal State may lose students, staffers, Daily Bulletin
Cal State San Bernardino faces the prospect of limiting student access to enrollment as a consequence of reduced state funding and painful expense cuts on campus.

Highland School going wireless, Monterey Herald
Highland's grant from Hewlett Packard's Teaching with Technology program is just a piece in the district's partnership with CSU-Monterey Bay to create an environment where students and teachers will be able to use hand-held computers without wires to conduct curriculum-enhancing activities.

State makes up for low bid on CSUSM project coming in too high, North County Times
State finance authorities have decided to pay the difference between the money Cal State San Marcos has on hand to build a new College of Business Administration building and the unexpectedly higher price tag, university officials said Monday.

CSUF putting students on hold, Orange County Register
State budget woes will force 1,000 into community colleges first.

Vietnam furor curbs CSUF flag flying, Orange County Register
No international flags will fly during California State University, Fullerton's, graduation ceremonies this month because of objections over one of them: Vietnam's banner.

Stan State wants to cheer knights, Modesto Bee
If voters have their way, a new knight mascot could be in place at California State University, Stanislaus, before commencement on May 29.

 
UC News
 

College dreams in doubt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
High school senior fights to keep outreach programs.

Venture Capitalists Scramble To Keep Their Numbers Secret, Wall St. Journal
Public University Discloses Data After Court Fight, Is Barred From New Funds.

 
California News
 

Governor makes deals on budget, San Francisco Chronicle
Universities, cities OK fund cut -- but Legislature was left out.

2 more budget deals struck, San Jose Mercury-News
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has struck new deals with local governments and the state's universities to try to clear the way for the first on-time spending plan in four years.

More students going to college, Los Angeles Daily News
Antelope Valley Union High School District's efforts to get more of its graduates to attend college appear to be having an impact.

Judge: District should revoke layoff notices, Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento City Unified School District should not have doled out layoff notices to teachers who haven't earned a special certificate to teach English-learner students, according to an administrative law judge.

A lesson in higher-education economics, Daily Pilot
Coast Community College District decision to raise top administrator salaries causes an uproar, but officials say it's the price of doing education.

 
National News
 

'Cohort' Tackles Tougher Courses as a Team, Washington Post
In the national struggle to raise the level of academic achievement for minority students, one uncomfortable fact is often overlooked: A large majority of the black and Hispanic students who are taking the harder courses, getting better grades and going on to college are female.

Ivy League Gets a Run for Its Money on Top Seniors, Los Angeles Times
For some high school seniors who are academic stars, it has become more tempting in recent years to pass up an Ivy League education.

New Commission on College Accountability Debates Standards, Rewards, and Punishments, Chronicle of Higher Education
American colleges must develop clearer means of communicating their value to lawmakers and the public if the institutions and the U.S. economy are to remain vital, college officials said on Monday at the first meeting of a new commission on college accountability.

 
Editorials/Letters/Opinion
 

Editorial: CSUMB students: Use your power, Monterey Herald
Students who use their power, intelligence and might to press for social or economic change have shown they can be a potent force, and often California student activists have been at the fore.

Opinion: Excellent Teachers = Excellent Education, Long Beach Press-Telegram
Social and economic progress depends in great part on the quality of education provided to elementary and secondary school students [By Chancellor Reed.]

Editorial: Conflicted in California, Wall St. Journal
The corporate scandals have kicked off a new era of shareholder activism, and sometimes the results have been useful (such as waking up the Disney board). On the other hand, we have the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which is running in its own strange ethical and political direction.

Editorial: Defer, defer, defer, Sacramento Bee
New governor, same old delay of budget pain?

Dan Walters: Two professionals stepping down from top Senate posts, Sacramento Bee
Democrats are seemingly born with a genetic predisposition for playing politics, but Republicans tend to view it as a distasteful business in which they engage only out of necessity.

Opinion: Private colleges just for the wealthy?, San Diego Union-Tribune
California's current budget dilemma has the potential of giving incoming college freshmen and their parents a very abrupt and costly lesson in trying to obtain a higher education.

 
Politics
 

The buzz: Linden Democrat in Governator's sights, Sacramento Bee
The Republican governor will try to end the career of only one sitting legislator this year - Sen. Mike Machado, D-Linden.

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