Tuition hike at universities hits students where it hurts, Imperial Valley Press
SDSU-IV Dean Stephen Roeder said the fee increase is unfortunate but the reality is it had to be done. He said without it the CSU would have had to cut elsewhere.

Keppler to direct Maddy Institute at Fresno State, Fresno Bee
The institute, established in 1999, received a $1 million endowment from the state and was named in honor of the late state senator from Fresno. Its mission is to elevate government performance and citizen participation through leadership education.

Crowd expected at college, Modesto Bee
More than 10,000 people, including 2,000 or so graduates and Broadway's Carol Channing, are expected to gather Saturday at California State University, Stanislaus, for its 44th annual commencement.

Letter means a lot to Cal Poly Pomona, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
All they wanted was an extra letter: P. And that's what Cal Poly Pomona folks got Thursday to Band-Aid a decades-long identity crisis.

Silas Lyons: Student's ideas worth a look, San Luis Obispo Tribune
Another Cal Poly architect-to-be with wild dreams? Or a local kid with sound downtown plans?

Suit filed in alleged UCR hazing, Press-Enterprise
A pledge says he was injured during a "trust game" at a park near the university.

New UC policy irks soon-to-be grads, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Rebekkah Dilts thought her grade-point average and test scores were good enough to get into UC Santa Cruz, but she got a "sorry" letter because of state budget cuts.

TC gets four-year college students, Midway Driller
The shock is probably still setting in to honor students from around the state. The high school graduates, many who planned on attending University of California campuses and never even gave a thought to attending a community college, will instead have to take two years of lower division courses before being allowed to transfer to the UC and CSU system.

Going public, Daily Bulletin
Area’s state colleges and universities offer varied education close to home.

Teacher pension fund will fall billions short, Sacramento Bee
After a string of stock market losses and subpar investment returns, the California State Teachers' Retirement System must pour in an additional $1 billion in the coming years to ensure that the giant fund can pay benefits over the long haul.

School finance bill advances, Sacramento Bee
Senate OKs the measure to reduce the number of funding 'categoricals.'

LAUSD plans campaign to boost attendance, Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified School District will launch a public-awareness campaign this summer to increase high school attendance by 2 percent -- an effort to increase student achievement and raise LAUSD's state revenue by $30 million.

School counselors stretched thin — more jobs, lots more kids, USA Today/AP
As they help students deal with college anxieties, peer pressures and troubles at home, school counselors see another crisis emerging — their own.

Minority applications down at U. of Michigan, USA Today/AP
Minority applications are down 21% for the first freshman class to enter the University of Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its system for giving admission preference based on race.

Many college students aren't graduating, CNN/AP
America's colleges are bringing more students than ever into their classrooms, but they have made little progress making sure those students leave with a degree, a report issued Wednesday warned.

Bush Administration Is Said to Plan Big Cuts for Research and Student Aid in 2006 Budget, Chronicle of Higher Education
President Bush has directed his administration to begin developing a budget for 2006 that would cut federal spending on scientific research, student aid, and other programs below levels that he has proposed for 2005.

Federal Judge Again Dismisses Lawsuits Over Texas A&M Bonfire Tragedy, Chronicle of Higher Education
A federal judge has dismissed six lawsuits filed in the wake of the fatal collapse of a bonfire under construction at Texas A&M University in 1999, repeating the ruling he made in the same cases two years ago.

It's Me, Me, Me as School Spirit Slips Off the Ring, Los Angeles Times
Jewelry makers hope to attract seniors with lifestyle symbols instead of mascots.

Jill Stewart: Blowing up boxes in Sacramento, San Francisco Chronicle
As Sacramento heads toward what may be its calmest struggle over the state budget in years, it's easy to forget that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is working separately on radical changes in pursuit of his promise to blow up boxes.

Dan Walters: Schwarzenegger pulled into Capitol's perennial 'tort wars', Sacramento Bee
No political conflict in the Capitol surpasses in sheer longevity what combatants call "tort wars" - the perennial battle between personal injury attorneys and business groups over rules of the lawsuit game.

Editorial: Budget antics, San Diego Union-Tribune
Assembly Democratic leaders are betting that opposing Gov. Arnold Schwarzennegger's proposed reduction in college funding will be a winning issue for them.

Editorial: UC Merced faces another battle, Bakersfield Californian
A $20 million appropriation to get the University of California Merced campus open on schedule survived a key vote in a Assembly budget committee but it was defeated by a counterpart committee in the Senate.

Opinion: Politics 1, education 0, Orange County Register
CSUF shouldn't have given in to pressure to ban Vietnam's flag at graduation

Boxer far ahead of Jones in U.S. Senate race, poll shows, San Francisco Chronicle
Incumbent holds 23-point lead over GOP challenger.

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