April 16, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Contra Costa Times 4/14/07
By Matt Krupnick
Two lawmakers have proposed capping Cal State student fee increases at 7 percent per year by linking costs to the amount spent on each student.
Mercury-News 4/14/07
Associated Press
Companies that own and manage a Clovis mall sued to stop plans to build apartments, a movie theater and shops on the California State University, Fresno campus.
Press-Enterprise 4/14/07
By Chris Richard
When Britain needed analysts and agents for its spy services in World War II, it turned to Oxford and Cambridge. The CIA long followed a similar model, recruiting top officers from influential East Coast families and agents on Ivy League campuses.
Monterey Herald 4/14/07
By Brenda Moore
Think energy-efficient lighting means insufficient lighting? Check out the sports center at California State University-Monterey Bay and you'll see that thinking is so Dark Ages.
Union-Tribune 4/13/07
By Brent Schrotenboer
Stadium operating expenses for San Diego State football games cost city taxpayers $124,869 more than the city earned in rent from the school.
Campus Technology 4/16/07
By Paul McCloskey
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed last month issued an executive order that the use of Cal State resources, including computers and Internet connections, must not be used to download, copy, or use copyrighted music, motion pictures, and other content.
Editorials/Commentary
Enterprise-Record 4/13/07
Tossing recyclable cans and bottles into the regular trash, or leaving a light on day and night, are almost unthinkable in today's conservation-minded world.
Record-Searchlight 4/15/07
Shasta College and Chico State University, new partners in the Shasta College Health Sciences and University Center, strutted their stuff last week during a tour of the almost-finished building downtown.
San Francisco Chronicle 4/16/07
It's unfortunate that most visitors to San Francisco -- not to mention San Franciscans themselves -- don't cross over the Lefty O'Doul Bridge leading from San Francisco's AT&T Park to Mission Bay.
Sacramento Bee 4/16/07
Kind words for CSUS chief
RE "CSUS President defends his job," April 11: I have had the great opportunity to work with President Alexander Gonzalez in my capacity on the board of the Sacramento State Alumni Association.
Daily Breeze 4/15/07
By Tom Elias
What does a giant international corporation known for polluting and environmental depredation do when it wants to clean up its reputation and enlist top environmentalists as dedicated allies?
Mercury News 4/16/07
Six years ago, legislators approved a critically needed statewide system for tracking individual student data.
UC News
Modesto Bee 4/16/07
By Michelle Hatfield
The push to change the University of California at Merced's mascot, though quiet, still is plugging along.
California News
Sacramento Bee 4/15/07
By Jim Sanders
A Southern California legislator is proposing a lucrative deal for debt-ridden college students: four years of tuition and fees in exchange for two years of civic service.
Sacramento Bee 4/16/07
By Phillip Reese
California's private colleges are printing more rejection letters and limiting admissions to students with higher test scores, making it tougher to get accepted, according to a Bee analysis of federal data.
Union-Tribune 4/15/07
By Anna Cearley
San Diego – To the scientifically challenged mind, the logic behind paddling a concrete canoe doesn't quite add up.
National News
USA Today 4/15/07
By Greg Toppo
A slow-motion scandal surrounding a federal multibillion-dollar reading program has its first congressional hearing this week, but it remains to be seen whether the scrutiny will shed any new light on a complex, contradictory tale of textbooks, tests and allegations of federal arm-twisting.
Wall St. Journal 4/16/07
By Dennis Berman, John Hechinger, Robin Sidel
Education lender Sallie Mae agreed to be sold to two private-investment funds and banks J.P. Morgan Chase Co. and Bank of America Corp. for $60 a share, or $25 billion, putting the embattled company into private hands at a time of intense political scrutiny of the student-lending industry.
Chronicle of Higher Education 4/16/07
By Elyse Ashburn
Community-college presidents make an average of $161,380, up 6 percent from last year, according to preliminary survey results released on Sunday by the American Association of Community Colleges.
Inside Higher Ed 4/16/07
By Scott Jaschik
Community college enrollment growth is increasingly coming from online students, leading many institutions to create extensive online student service operations.
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