Police find hair-raising scene on campus, Fresno Bee
'Kidnapping' turns out to be fraternity payback for reneging on a bet.

Dean at SFSU resigns post, San Francisco Chronicle
The dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University has resigned amid allegations from faculty members who accused him of creating a hostile work environment.

CSU applicant deadline nears, Sacramento Bee
Officials at the most sought-after California State University campuses are urging students seeking fall 2005 admission to file applications by Nov. 30.

CSU unit in biotech battle, Sacramento Bee
Propriety of group's opposition to ballot issues is questioned.

Contra Costa Co. backs new CSU, The Oakland Tribune
The dream of Contra Costa County's own California State University campus caught fire at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

California State University enrollment dates approach, The Modesto Bee
For fall semester 2005 at Stanislaus State or any other CSU campus, students are advised to get their applications in during the priority application period, Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, especially at cam-puses with more qualified applicants than can be accommodated.

Michael Moore offers scholarship to school that canceled his talk, The Oakland Tribune/AP
Filmmaker Michael Moore promised to endow a scholarship at California State University, San Marcos, the same campus where administrators canceled his scheduled appearance earlier this year.

Moore urges crowd to challenge authority, get out the vote, The North County Times
Stalled by the wildfires of 2003 and nearly stopped by a university president's veto, controversial filmmaker Michael Moore finally made it to North County on Tuesday.

Squeeze is on at Stan St., The Modesto Bee
At a time when everything about attending college is becoming increasingly expensive, schools are being forced to cut back on the resources, including scholarships, they make available to student-athletes.

'Slacker' tour plays fairgrounds, San Diego Union-Tribune
A crowd of 10,000 sang "America The Beautiful" last night along with filmmaker Michael Moore and folk-singing icon Joan Baez. And so, Moore brought his Slacker Uprising Tour to town, attracting 10 times the audience he would have had if he had not been banned from Cal State San Marcos.

UC library pulls ahead in construction, The Modesto Bee
The first students at the University of California at Merced will spend a lot of time in the library. Construction crews have been working on UC's 10th campus for the past two years, and the first class of students is scheduled to arrive next year.

Sprinkle, sprinkle, little star, Orange County Register
An environmental engineering professor at California State University, Fullerton, Rao began developing a newfangled sprinkler 14 months ago, seeking to tame the wayward sprays of simple sprinkler systems. [2nd section]

U. of La Verne Closes Its Athens Campus On 3 Days' Notice, Citing Mounting Debts, Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of La Verne, in California, closed its campus in Greece last month, three days before the start of classes for the fall semester. The California institution said the move was made after an auditor's review showed that the campus, in Athens, was deep in debt.

1,200 Schools in State Could Face Federal Penalties, Los Angeles Times
Under the No Child Left Behind law, about 13% of public campuses may be labeled failures as test scores fall short of goals, a Times analysis shows.

Teachers See Themselves as the Camera Sees Them, Los Angeles Times
In a foundation-funded program, a mentor uses videotape as a tool to help veteran instructors sharpen classroom skills and strategies.

Charter School Funding Restored, Los Angeles Times
Seven campuses will receive $3 million that they say L.A. Unified withheld from them.

Thousands of California schools could face federal sanctions, The Oakland Tribune
More than one thousand California schools could face federal sanctions under the No Child Left Behind act, despite continuous improvements in test scores, according to a newspaper report.

An answer to standardized tests, USA Today
Once considered an afterthought, standardized testing now drives education's most important decisions: whether students graduate, whether schools "need improvement" and even whether teachers keep their jobs.

For Medical Schools, Minorities Are the Star Recruits, New York Times
After Stephen Haskins was accepted into the New York University School of Medicine last year, he revisited the campus at the school's invitation, along with 60 other black and Hispanic students.

A Test Seemingly Intended to Keep Students Behind, New York Times
If indeed the goal is not to move students into the mainstream, then the test certainly is succeeding. While 20 percent of eligible pupils in New York City passed the Language Assessment Battery two years ago, only 7.5 percent passed the new exam.

Colleges Seek More Independence, Washington Post
Trade-Off Would Give Virginia's 3 Top Schools Less State Aid.

Jay Mathews: Should Colleges Have Quotas for Asian Americans?, Washington Post
One of the most interesting and persistent of my online interlocutors is Ed Chin, a physician who lives in northern New Jersey. Our Internet conversations have all been on one topic, how affirmation action in college admissions has hurt students of Asian descent.

Opinion: Raising the bar at UC, San Francisco Examiner
The University of California recently raised the bar for admissions, amid an uproar of protests that its decision will hinder enrollment of disadvantaged students. One of the most controversial changes was to raise the minimum grade point average from 2.8 to 3.0.

Dan Walters: Local governments seek shield from Sacramento bandits, Sacramento Bee
Given the history, one can certainly understand why local officials believe they need protections from Sacramento's bandits.

Editorial: Simplify the process, Contra Costa Times
A just-released study by an education group suggests that college students struggling to make ends meet could get substantial monetary help from the federal government to pay for college, if only they would ask for it.

Plan would aid access to public records, San Francisco Chronicle
Public access to government documents and meetings would become a constitutional right if California voters approve a proposition on the Nov. 2 ballot.

 

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