April 24, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Sacramento Bee 4/24/07
By Bruce Dancis
Carol Channing is right back where she knows she belongs -- with her husband, childhood sweetheart Harry Kullijian, and touring all the campuses in the California State University system to raise money for arts education.
L.A. Daily News 4/24/07
Associated Press
Cheech Marin is donating copies of works from his Mexican-American art collection to some of the nation's best-known museums and universities.
Press-Enterprise 4/23/07
By Jerry Soifer
In the cafeteria of life, Stan Skipworth carries a full tray. The Corona resident, 46, is spending his first year on the City Council. He's in his 26th year in law enforcement.
KGET-17, 4/24/07
By Brinn Galindo
In light of the Virginia Tech shootings, Cal State Bakersfield officials are considering stepping up security on campus, and that means three new measures could become a reality.
Editorials/Commentary
Sacramento Bee 4/21/07
Re "Faculty vote begins on CSUS chief," April 17: While faculty members express their views on Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez, I would like to assure the public, faculty and students that the California State University Board of Trustees fully supports the president.
Sacramento Bee 4/24/07
It's all about education:
Re "Kind words for CSUS chief," letter, April 16: Not all alumni support the position of the president of the California State University, Sacramento, Alumni Association.
Santa Cruz Sentinel 4/24/07
A local judge rejected two measures passed by Santa Cruz voters last November that addressed growth at UC Santa Cruz, and the city immediately vowed to bring the matter back to voters.
UC News
San Francisco Chronicle 4/24/07
By Tanya Schevitz
The University of California has hired a consultant for about $7 million to study how to most efficiently reorganize the office of President Robert Dynes.
San Francisco Chronicle 4/24/07
By Rick DelVecchio
A UC Berkeley student protest group called the Phoenix Coalition to Free the UC is occupying a redwood tree in the center of campus to challenge the university on its involvement with the military and what the group calls "unethical corporations and regimes."
California News
L.A. Daily News 4/24/07
By Naush Boghossian
Los Angeles Unified - which struggles with one of the nation's highest dropout rates - will get a $2 million grant to help provide college-prep classes to at-risk students, officials announced Monday.
Daily Transcript 4/24/07
By Doug Sherwin
Partnerships between members of the business world and the education community are crucial in today's ever-changing corporate environment, according to a panel of local officials.
L.A. Times 4/24/07
By Paul Pringle
With $85 billion up for grabs, competition for student borrowers helped ignite a financial aid scandal that has USC and several other universities drawing heat from investigators.
National News
New York Times 4/24/07
By Sam Dillon
State attorneys general around the country are stepping up their scrutiny of college lending practices in the absence of federal enforcement action,
Inside Higher Ed 4/24/07
By Elia Powers
Even before all the details emerged in last week’s mass shootings at Virginia Tech University, a specific chain of responses seemed certain: The university would announce an internal investigation, an outside law enforcement agency would commence its own, colleges across the country would promise to revisit their safety procedures and Congress would hold a hearing.
Contra Costa Times 4/24/07
By Shirley Dang
Fed up with middle school, Ian Hemingway of Moraga escaped the drama two years ago with the click of his computer mouse.
Other Sites of Interest
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