The Mighty Multiuse Facility, University Business Magazine
Boasting 85 acres of available land and a sunny, southern California location, California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) had every reason to believe that building a $150 million, 125-acre multiuse facility would draw crowds.

CSU studies its own economic impact, San Francisco Examiner
A self-study done by the California State University system shows that all Californians, and not just students, benefit from the existence of the 23 college campuses.

UC students face fee hike next year, San Diego Union-Tribune
University of California students will face higher fees next year, marking the fourth consecutive year of escalating fees.

Regents OK guidelines on their own attendance and conduct, San Diego Union-Tribune
University of California regents approved general guidelines for their expectations yesterday, briefly addressing issues including attendance, participation and ethics.

UCD sees drop in first-time freshmen, Sacramento Bee
A nearly 11 percent decline in freshmen coming directly from high school contributed to a slight decline in overall enrollment this fall at the University of California, Davis, school officials said Thursday.

UC regents raise fees again, Sacramento Bee
Over student objections, board OKs an 8 percent hike for undergraduates.

UC Fee Hikes OKd, Again, Los Angeles Times
Regents vote to raise fees for undergrads by 8% and grad students by 10% for 2005-06. Some students say it may make college unaffordable.

UC regents hike tuition for next year, Contra Costa Times
Despite pleas from students who threw the T-shirts off their backs in protest, University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition for the fourth straight year.

Service workers rally at UCR over contract, Press Enterprise
About 200 University of California dining workers, custodians, groundskeepers and other service workers rallied at UC Riverside on Thursday as a salary dispute with the university continued.

UCI computer scientists take us inside the biological byways of humans and animals, Orange County Register
Remember the old sci-fi movie “Fantastic Voyage”? UC Irvine computer scientist Jorge Meyer creates virtual tours of the blood stream and other bio-pathways, giving physicians and medical researchers a sense of perspective they otherwise wouldn’t have.

New UCI hospital OKd, Orange County Register
The UC Board of Regents voted unanimously on Thursday to give UCI Medical Center the green light for its planned $371 million hospital.

LAUSD bond use questioned, L.A. Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified School District's citizen bond oversight committee questioned on Wednesday how the district is spending voter-approved bond revenue and warned that it might run out of money before all projects are built.

Low note sounds for music education, San Diego Union-Tribune
Music instruction is in a free fall. Enrollment in music classes in San Diego County public schools has declined by a third – from 45,000 to 30,000 – in four years.

Academic Decathlon Will Be Held Despite Financial Woes, Los Angeles Times
This season's Academic Decathlon state championship will go on as scheduled despite the organization's financial troubles, officials said Thursday.

O.C. College District's Controversial Chief Is Put in Contract Limbo, Los Angeles Times
In a surprise move that could signal the end of their chancellor's controversial tenure, South Orange County Community College District trustees voted this week not to allow Raghu Mathur's contract to automatically renew.

Effort launched to assist O.C. Latino students, Orange County Register
About 100 educators, community activists, parents, and religious and business leaders gathered at The Orange County Register to kick off an initiative aimed at determining the best ways to help the county's burgeoning Latino student population perform better in schools.

Professor critiques Indian mascots, Fresno Bee
Professor Cornel D. Pewewardy brought tiny toy soldiers and Indians with him Thursday to Fresno City College, telling students they were "tools of genocide," the dominant culture's depreciating of American Indian history.

Study says students' math proficiency doesn't add up, USA Today
The math skills of the nation's public school students have risen steadily for more than a decade, but a new study suggests that the progress may not be as significant as it seems.

40 years later, Mich. preschool makes a documented difference, USA Today
An intensive preschool program for low-income children in the early 1960s has made a huge difference in their lives, its benefits felt nearly 40 years later, a study shows.

This Just In: Democrats Outnumber Republicans on American Faculties, Studies Find, Chronicle of Higher Education
There are more Democrats than Republicans among professors at American colleges, according to a pair of studies released this week by the National Association of Scholars.

Investing in education, Los Angeles Daily News/AP
A growing number of colleges and universities find they don't have to go far to locate good investment managers for their endowment funds -- their students are handling some of the accounts.

Editorial: State budget fakery, Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers approved an irresponsible budget this year that was long on gimmicks, borrowing and deferred spending. But it was hugely successful in one respect: It postponed their day of reckoning.

Dan Walters: Budget crisis as bad as ever, but stalemate on taxes remains, Sacramento Bee
The Legislature's budget office confirmed anew this week what everyone in the Capitol had already assumed - the chronic state budget deficit is as worrisome as ever - and warned that it will worsen if lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger don't deal with it in 2005.

Coup try in Senate virtually certain, Oakland Tribune
With the FBI and a federal grand jury reportedly investigating him, incoming Democratic state Senate leader Don Perata of Oakland almost certainly faces a coup attempt by a Southern California senator who narrowly lost that leadership post to him, sources said Thursday.

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November Trustees Meeting Summary, CSU Public Affairs
A summary of the actions and presentations at the November Board of Trustees meeting.

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