“Students Are Number One, Number Two And Number Three”, Long Beach Business Journal
Robert C. Maxson Celebrates 10 Years as President Of California State University, Long Beach.

Aztec costume is new; Monty Montezuma isn't, San Diego Union-Tribune
When the SDSU Aztecs play their football home opener Saturday night, the university's official mascot will be on the field for the first time in three years.

Feds ask HSU to destroy federal publications, Times Standard
When HSU assistant librarian Liz Kimura Mottaz received the federal government e-mail saying "Destroy DOJ Documents," she quietly pulled five publications listed in the directive and set them aside -- but she didn't immediately comply with the order to destroy them.

UCSF med center plans to stay put, San Francisco Chronicle
Proposes building 3 new hospitals in Mission Bay.

UC tells applicants of computer foul-up that revealed data, Orange County Register
Personal information such as test-score results was available to others online.

UCLA is urged to favor locals, Daily News
Saying UCLA turns away too many talented minorities, Sen. Richard Alarcon called Wednesday for guaranteed admission for the top 4 percent of students from each high school within 15 miles of the Westwood campus.

Honors adding to Sierra's standing, Sacramento Bee
The college's reputation is burnished with its latest recognition for achievements in academics and athletics.

CLU 'Stretched to Capacity', Los Angeles Times
Undergraduates number about 2,000 at the Thousand Oaks university, where signs of expansion are visible everywhere.

Alternative Classes Are Unfair to Teen Mothers, Suit Says, Los Angeles Times
Antelope Valley district is placing the students in rooms with 'little or no teaching instruction,' a complaint contends.

Former Dean Sues Chapman Over Dismissal, Los Angeles Times
University official hired in 1998 to improve the law school says she was let go because of mental health problems brought on by job stress.

 

1,000 use vouchers to flee D.C. schools, CNN/AP
Overwhelming response to first federal voucher program.

For new black coach, a historic step in college ranks, Christian Science Monitor
"We have fewer head coaches and ADs who are African-American than we did five years ago," says Richard Lapchick, head of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, which is based at the University of Central Florida. "It's overwhelmingly the old-boy's network at play."

Parties troll campuses for voters, CNN/AP
Both parties see colleges as fertile ground for registrations.

Opinion: An unfair attack on charter schools, San Diego Union-Tribune
Big teacher unions have launched an all-out attack on America's charter schools. The victims, if the attack succeeds, are likely to be our nation's most disadvantaged minority children.

Daniel Weintraub: Paring back the foliage in the school-finance mess, Sacramento Bee
The dozens of "categorical programs" that litter the education code are the result of decades of brilliant ideas by individual lawmakers, governors and interest groups who succeeded in imposing their narrow vision on the entire state.

Editorial: Service idea needs support, Bakersfield Californian
Governor creates agency designed to encourage volunteerism.

Opinion: State can't continue to ignore how it fails students, Daily Breeze
Does anyone seriously believe fewer than one-fourth of California kids should be prepared for college? If not, it's time for major changes in curriculum and expectations.

Opinion: Cal State San Marcos takes a new approach to reduce misuse and over-consumption of alcohol, North County Times
Owners and managers of bars, nightclubs, and restaurants have an important role in preserving the health of our growing community, by not targeting CSUSM students with unsolicited alcohol promotions.

Big Man in the Big Apple, Washington Post
Uptown or Downtown, the People Love Arnold.

A real after-school special, Orange County Register
Schwarzenegger goes to Harlem to tout programs that supervise kids.

 

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