April 2, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Monterey Herald 3/30/07
By Clarissa Aljentera
A looming strike by faculty of the California State University system will not initially affect the CSU-Monterey Bay campus.
L.A. Daily News 3/31/07
By Jim Skeen
LANCASTER - The next immediate steps in trying to establish a four-year university in the High Desert will be the formation of a joint powers authority, according to project advocates.
Sacramento Bee 3/30/07
By Phillip Reese
Unless an agreement is reached soon, much of Sacramento State's faculty will go on a two-day strike April 11-12, union officials said Thursday.
Chronicle of Higher Education 4/6/07
By Eric Hoover
California State University administrators and unionized faculty members agreed on March 25 to continue negotiations for 10 days in an effort to reach a new contract
North County Times 3/30/07
By David Garrick
Professors at Cal State San Marcos and five other Cal State campuses will be the first faculty members to strike next month if a new labor contract is not forged by then.
Enterprise-Record 3/31/07
By Roger Aylworth
While California State University officials and representatives of the faculty union are still negotiating, strike plans are being made public.
Fresno Bee 3/31/07
By Anne Dudley Ellis and Doug Hoagland
Pete Mehas, retired Fresno County schools superintendent, landed an appointment Friday to the California State University board of trustees, boosting the Valley's voice in governing the 23-campus system.
Office of the Governor 3/31/07
Roberta Achtenberg, 56, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California State University Board of Trustees.
Editorials/Commentary
Sacramento Bee 4/1/07
By Daniel Weintraub
With thousands of California State University professors threatening to strike for the first time if they don't get a new contract by Friday, the university's administration is hoping to piece together a deal to head off a walk-out.
Modesto Bee 4/2/07
The new chancellor of the University of California at Merced will be in Modesto today as part of a listening tour of the valley.
Mercury News 3/30/07
By Roberta Achtenberg
The recent opinion piece by faculty union members ("Why we'll strike: low wages, high administrator pay," March 26) was written before Sunday's action by the California State University Board of Trustees.
North County Times 4/1/07
By Gail Chatfield
Having a daughter who attends Cal State San Marcos, I was pleased to read that the faculty union and the administration agreed to extend contract talks for a few more days.
UC News
Sacramento Bee 3/30/07
By Jim Downing
The University of California, Davis, is a star in the world of academic research. But, like most other UC campuses, it hasn't been overly successful when it comes to spinning off tech companies.
Contra Costa Times 3/30/07
By Matt Krupnick
UC Merced has tried attracting students based on its own merits. Now it's using other schools' merits as well.
Modesto Bee 4/2/07
By Michelle Hatfield
As a boy sitting on the dirt floor in his classroom in South Korea, Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang learned about the world's leaders. President Abraham Lincoln struck a chord.
Modesto Bee 4/2/07
By Michelle Hatfield
Sung-Mo Kang survived a tumultuous time in Korean history to live the dream of a college education.
Modesto Bee 4/2/07
By Michelle Hatfield
Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang beat out four administrators to become the University of California at Merced's second chancellor.
Santa Cruz Sentinel 4/2/07
By Roger Sideman
After four chancellors in five years, an almost complete turnover among deans and several new administrative hires on the growing campus, UC Santa Cruz faculty want the next chancellor to be an exceptional leader who can provide stability in the face of major changes on the hill.
National News
USA Today 3/30/07
By Greg Toppo
The typical child in the USA stands only a one-in-14 chance of having a consistently rich, supportive elementary school experience, say researchers who looked at what happens daily in thousands of classrooms.
Chronicle of Higher Education 4/2/07
By John Gravois
An ambitious legislative campaign was in the air here at the annual higher-education meeting of the American Federation of Teachers, where talk of collective bargaining and old-fashioned campus organizing took a back seat to discussions of statehouse testimony and lobbying techniques
Inside Higher Ed 4/2/07
By Andy Guess
It came as no surprise to many of those attending the annual meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries this weekend that the typical liberal arts freshman believes Time and Newsweek to be legitimate scholarly sources.
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