February 12, 2007
CSU/Campus News
SDSU begins new course to expansion
Union-Tribune 2/12/07
By Sherry Saavedra
San Diego State University proposes to scale back a controversial component of its expansion plan – a residential development in the Del Cerro area – while dramatically increasing on-campus student housing.
SDSU role low key in stadium project
Union-Tribune 2/11/07
By Ronald W. Powell
Several groups countywide have joined the search to help the Chargers find a location for a new stadium. But noticeably silent are administrators at San Diego State University, whose Aztecs football team plays at Qualcomm.
Cal State professors preparing for two-day strikes
North County Times 2/12/07
By David Garrick
Students at Cal State San Marcos may become part of history this spring in an undesirable way: They might be forced to cope with the first-ever work stoppage by professors in the 23-campus California State University system.
CSULB maps out financial future
Press Telegram 2/12/07
By Kevin Butler
For Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander, tiny red dots are a big key to the university's future.
The Paseo development pushed to back burner
Union-Tribune 2/12/07
By Lisa Petrillo
The Paseo, a proposed Horton Plaza-style urban village designed to be a landmark at the south entrance of San Diego State University, remains in limbo.
Editorials/Commentary
Higher ed Econ 101: A bargain that makes you money
Times-Standard 2/10/07
By J. W. Powell
Derek Bok, when president of Harvard, quoted the bumper sticker line: “Think education is expensive? Try Ignorance.” That's too simple, too either-or, but a San Francisco economic study of income levels of workers by educational levels and race offers confirmation.
More than salary at stake for CSU faculty
San Bernardino County Sun 2/8/07
By Tom Meisenhelder
The faculty of the California State University system may strike the 23-campus system this spring.
Building a 'bridge to success' at colleges
Sacramento Bee 2/11/07
By Marshall S. Smith and Pamela Burdman
California's community colleges long have been engines of democracy, ensuring that virtually every state resident who desires it can attend college.
Enrollment stagnates -- what next?
Sacramento Bee 2/10/07
By Dan Walters
The baby bust -- the end of the 20-year post-World War II baby boom -- hit California's public schools in 1970.
Community colleges get 2nd failing grade
O.C. Register 2/12/07
The state community college system is learning the law of unintended consequences the hard way.
UC News
College seeking stamp of approval
Modesto Bee 2/12/07
By Michelle Hatfield
Accreditation isn't a sexy word, but it's a stamp of approval that allows college students to be admitted to graduate school. It also means recognition and access to more money.
National News
Off Campus and Off the College Security Radar?
New York Times 2/11/07
By Kater Stone Lombardi
College tours are pretty standard. A student walking backward will show you the library, the athletic center and a typical dorm room. Then there will be the requisite safety talk.
Troubles Grow for a University Built on Profits
New York Times 2/11/07
By Sam Dillon
The University of Phoenix became the nation’s largest private university by delivering high profits to investors and a solid, albeit low-overhead, education to midcareer workers seeking college degrees.
The Graying of the Presidency
Inside Higher Ed 2/12/07
By Scott Jaschik
Much publicized ousters of presidents at Harvard University (Lawrence H. Summers), Gallaudet University (where Jane Fernandes didn’t even get to take office) and elsewhere have contributed to a prevailing wisdom that presidencies are just too difficult, too political and too draining for anyone to last very long.
Harvard's New Leader Rejects Labels, Saying She'll Be a President, Not a 'Woman President'
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/12/07
By Paul Fain
In her first public address as Harvard University's new president, Drew Gilpin Faust said she intends to break down barriers between disciplines and schools while pressing for more collaboration at the university
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