SJSU interim president named, San Jose Business Journal
The chancellor of the California State University system has named Acting President Don Kassing as interim president at San Jose State University.

Moore says he'll sue university if shut out, San Diego Union-Tribune
Invitation to speak at school revoked.

CS Fullerton Defends Poll, With Regrets, Los Angeles Times
Survey may have been misleading, officials say. An Irvine councilman's opponent paid for it.

Students to protest CSUSM decision on Michael Moore, North County Times
A group of Cal State University San Marcos students decided Thursday evening to protest the university's decision to cancel an appearance by controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

UC Merced builds staff, welcomes first students, Contra Costa Times
The first new campus that the University of California has opened since 1965 is growing in the golden fields of the San Joaquin Valley.

Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling, New York Times
The disintegration of the California Charter Academy, the largest chain of publicly financed but privately run charter schools to slide into insolvency, offers a sobering picture of what can follow.

The push for proficiency, San Diego Union-Tribune
Some educators question federal law's standards for English learners.

Authorities back away from pledge, Los Angeles Daily News
Goal of making the LAUSD a top district runs into pitfalls.

SCC building to have Thurston's name?, Vallejo Times-Herald
When students start taking courses at the new Vallejo campus of the Solano Community College they can thank the late Bill Thurston for the money and enthusiasm that was needed to get it built, colleagues said.

Big Trouble in Charm City, Chronicle of Higher Education
Community colleges are thriving nationwide, but one in Baltimore is beset by turmoil over remedial courses and governance.

 

Editorial: Keep research painless, San Francisco Chronicle
Experiments on animals have yielded scientific breakthroughs that otherwise would have been unlikely.

Letters to the Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune
CSUSM is wrong in blocking Moore.

Opinion: The end is near for the public schools' monopoly, Sacramento Bee
On Sept. 7, lead researcher Denis Doyle and the Fordham Foundation released an analysis of 2000 census data proving that America's public school teachers are sending their own children to private schools at far higher rates than the general public.

Editorial: Moore hardly censored, North County Times
Such an uproar at Cal State San Marcos this month over whether to invite diplomacy-challenged filmmaker Michael Moore to campus.

Opinion: He's SJSU presidential material, except no doctorate, Mercury News
George Skelton, the Los Angeles Times' astute Capitol columnist, knows who'd make a good next president for San Jose State University. And why he won't get the job.

Editorial: Our bargain colleges, Press Telegram
Although California's public colleges and universities are the most reasonably priced in the nation, rising tuition costs and increased demand are putting the state's legacy of affordable, accessible higher education at risk.

Voter-outreach work had a partisan tilt, Sacramento Bee
Federally funded consultants hired by Secretary of State Kevin Shelley spent time registering voters for largely Democratic constituency groups and at partisan rallies, including one to "take back the White House," according to staff activity reports released Thursday.

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