April 13, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Fresno Bee 4/13/07
By Russell Clemings
The owner of Sierra Vista Mall in Clovis filed a court challenge Thursday to block the 45-acre Campus Pointe commercial development at Fresno State.
Enterprise-Record 4/13/07
A contract has been awarded that could see a new museum in Chico by the summer of 2008.
Yankton Press & Dakotan 4/12/07
By Lisa Hare
Stockton, Calif. -- Yankton native Elizabeth Fern Rathjen was last seen by her family in 1956 when she was 30 years old and a patient in the State Mental Hospital in Stockton, Calif.
UC News
Contra Costa Times 4/13/07
By Kristin Bender
A new program at UC Berkeley will match dollar for dollar contributions from staff and students to provide cash-strapped undergraduates and graduate students with financial aid.
Sacramento Union 4/12/07
By Michelle Locke, Associated Press
No one’s applied yet for scholarships aimed at helping University of California, Berkeley, students denied financial aid because of a drug conviction. But that hasn’t stopped the student-run grants from raising a little smoke.
California News
Union-Tribune 4/13/07
By Eleanor Yang Su
As a nationwide investigation into college lending practices unfolds, financial aid experts say some San Diego colleges may have stepped into their own ethical “gray area” because of ties with student-loan companies.
San Francisco Chronicle 4/13/07
By Nanette Asimov
Stanford University, renowned as a global hub of intellectual freedom, says it will bar the public from attending a panel discussion Monday night because one of the speakers is "controversial."
National News
New York Times 4/12/07
By Jonathan D. Glater
Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest lender to college students, agreed yesterday to pay $2 million to settle an investigation by the New York attorney general’s office and said it would close down student call centers it has run for college financial aid offices.
Inside Higher Ed 4/13/07
By Elia Powers
Throughout their textbook affordability campaign, the State Public Interest Research Groups have rallied around the issue of transparency.
USA Today 4/12/07
Associated Press
Salaries of full-time college faculty rose 3.8% this year, the biggest increase in five years.
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