San Francisco State U. Drops 5 Sports and Curtails 7 Others to Ease Budget Deficit, Chronicle of Higher Education
San Francisco State University is eliminating 5 sports and severely curtailing 7 of its remaining 11 teams as part of efforts to cut $22-million from its budget.

Parking ticket fines at Chico State could soon double or triple, Chico Enterprise-Record
Parking ticket fines at Chico State University soon could double or triple, making it much less attractive to risk parking illegally when late for class.

Candidate suggests expanding programs, Bakersfield Californian
The last of three finalists to replace retiring Cal State Bakersfield President Tomás Arciniega visited campus Thursday.

In Brief: Cal State Plans for Placer County Campus, Los Angeles Times
Fast-growing western Placer County could soon get its own four-year university branch.

Profs: Don't cheat and don't boss us, Chico News and Review
After two hours of talking over one another, shouting out "point of order," perusing Doonesbury cartoons about cheating and debating more amendments than the chairman could keep track of, Chico State University's Academic Senate on May 11 managed to approve an academic-integrity policy.

State job boost seen, Long Beach Press-Telegram
CSULB forecast sees growth into 2005; house prices leveling.

UC Davis to help Afghan farming, Sacramento Bee
The University of California, Davis, and a Bay Area nonprofit organization won a federal contract to rebuild agriculture in areas of Afghanistan once dotted with land mines, the university announced this week.

$1.3 million gift to SCU for nanotech center, San Jose Mercury-News
An alumnus' gift of $1.3 million will seed a new Center for Nanostructures at Santa Clara University, officials announced today.

Schwarzenegger wins university funding cuts with compromise, Financial Times
Considering that California's public universities have been in a fiscal chokehold for three years, it was curious that the state treasurer should suggest their managers must have been "squeezed by the neck" to accept a new financing format unveiled this week.

Area pols assail governor's state university plan, La Canada Valley Sun
Local Democratic legislators are up in arms over an agreement Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger struck this week with state university officials.

Ex-student barred from campuses, Press-Enterprise
S.B. Community College: Officials take action after receiving an e-mail they perceive as threatening.

Community-College Access Bolsters Welfare Recipients' Earnings, California Study Finds, Chronicle of Higher Education
Attending a community college appears to substantially improve a welfare recipient's earning potential, according to a new study of low-income Californians.

Search for president of college extended, San Diego Union-Tribune
The board of trustees of Southwestern College has declared that the list of finalists to be the college's next president doesn't have enough women or minorities, so it has rejected some finalists, added one of its own and extended the search.

Senate Approves Special Education Measure, New York Times
In a near-unanimous vote, the Senate on Thursday approved major changes in special education intended to reduce paperwork for teachers, bolster enforcement by state and federal authorities and limit lawsuits by parents seeking help for their children.

George Skelton: Republicans Lose a Strong Leader After a Tumultuous Era, Los Angeles Times
Amid the usual mid-May Capitol commotion over a governor's budget revision, an era quietly ended this week: the era of Jim Brulte, Republican leader.

Peter Smith: Of Icebergs, Ships, and Arrogant Captains, EDUCAUSE Review
Those of us in American higher education are quick to label ourselves “the best ever.” And in many ways, our achievements to date are just that: consider the community college movement, the research power in our land-grant and major private institutions, and the continuing commitment to access and quality that we all support.

Editorial: Budget needs a reality check, Modesto Bee
Gov. Schwarzenegger today will release a revised budget plan that he vows will include no tax increases. Instead, the governor has said, he will "cut, cut, cut."

Opinion: Educational equality eludes us, even now, USA Today
I went to elementary and secondary schools in rural Mississippi in the 1940s and early '50s. Our schools were in a constant state of disrepair.

Editorial: A favorable outlook, Long Beach Press-Telegram
If you scour the latest Cal State Long Beach Regional Economic Forecast for bad news, the worst you'll find is that raging residential prices will cool down in a year or so. We can live with that.

Dan Walters: Governor crosses fingers on the economy, offers a balanced budget, Sacramento Bee
Were Arnold Schwarzenegger playing poker instead of the Capitol's budget game, the revised spending plan he unveiled Thursday could be characterized as "betting on the come."

Jill Stewart: Education on a budget, San Francisco Chronicle
Of the many complaints by Democrats about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget ideas, the most telling was the bitterness by some toward side deals he negotiated with leaders from higher education who, in talks with Schwarzenegger, agreed to temporary budget cutbacks and increased student fees.

Opinion: State university law biased against citizens, Los Angeles Daily News
This year, nearly 7,500 qualified California residents, who would otherwise be entering California state universities as incoming freshmen, are likely to be turned away for lack of funds. Meanwhile, approximately 7,500 illegal immigrants will receive heavily subsidized university educations.

Opinion: Cooking the books on dropouts, Orange County Register
State education officials fear truthful reporting will cut school funding.

Revised budget backs off cuts, Sacramento Bee
$103 billion plan mostly spares health services.

Betting on the future, San Francisco Chronicle
Revised Spending Plan: Some health programs saved, taxes not raised.

The Schwarzenegger Budget: Higher Education, San Francisco Chronicle
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget would retain previously proposed budget cuts for the University of California and California State University systems and sharp student fee increases at all higher education institutions in the coming year.

The Schwarzenegger Budget: K-12 schools, San Francisco Chronicle
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed funding for kindergarten to grade 12 from all sources would be $58.9 billion for the 2004-05 school year, $818.7 million more than his January proposal.

Budget revisions leave schools room to exhale, Contra Costa Times
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's just-released revisions for the 2004-05 education budget offer a greater-than-expected 2.41 percent cost-of-living increase, $110 million in equalization dollars and, unexpectedly, the possibility of some cash for this year.

Educators greet proposals with guarded optimism, San Jose Mercury-News
Educators reacted with cautious optimism Thursday to the governor's revised budget, which revealed a slight increase for K-12 schools -- amounting to about $62 per pupil.

Deal-Cutting Schwarzenegger Opts to Put Off the Pain, Los Angeles Times
Under his revised budget, the gap between what the state spends and what it takes in may persist in future years. In fact, the deficit may be tougher to eliminate down the road because of some of the spending commitments Schwarzenegger is making now.

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