February 14, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Blitz is on for college recruits
Sacramento Bee 2/14/07
By Eric Stern
A group of students at California State University, Sacramento, spent a recent afternoon calling high school seniors and community college students to congratulate them on getting accepted to Sacramento State.
Data point to more funds diverted to 'Dog athletics
Fresno Bee 2/14/07
By George Hostetter
A document from Fresno State shows that campus athletic programs received nearly $313,000 more in misdirected corporate matching contributions than the university has publicly acknowledged.
New Fresno State commission will scrutinize athletic finances
Fresno Bee 2/14/07
By Doug Hoagland
Fresno State said Tuesday that it will create a commission of university administrators and supporters to help its athletic program operate with "unquestionable fiscal integrity."
State University system's 'green power' usage gets good report from EPA
Enterprise-Record 2/14/07
By Melissa Daugherty
The Environmental Protection Agency this week listed the California State University system as one of its Top 10 College and University Green Power Partners.
SSU puts 2 senior officials on leave
Press-Democrat 2/14/07
By Bob Norberg
Sonoma State University placed two senior officials on leave and ordered a financial review of a department that trains social service providers.
Editorials/Commentary
Saving state's weak schools: Where's the cavalry?"
Sacramento Bee 2/14/07
By Peter Schrag
There's a lot of research where, as somebody once said, what's true isn't new and what's new isn't true. Take two recent reports from two very different organizations that agreed on but one thing: In education, California isn't doing well.
Access is not enough
Sacramento Bee 2/14/07
Californians justifiably take pride in their community college system. With an open-door policy, it takes all comers -- those dabbling in a course here and there, upgrading job skills or seeking a two-year degree or higher.
Boost Latino college attendance
Bakersfield Californian 2/14/07
With Latinos projected to have the highest population growth in the state by 2040, an increasing number of Hispanics will be expected to hold jobs that baby boomers leave behind after retirement.
UC News
UC Irvine to drop suit against philosopher's family
L.A. Times 2/14/07
By Roy Rivenburg
Facing a backlash from scholars worldwide, UC Irvine says it will drop a lawsuit against the widow and children of professor and philosopher Jacques Derrida, the acclaimed founder of the intellectual movement called deconstruction.
Jewish task force to study UC Irvine
Contra Costa Times 2/14/07
Associated Press
A Jewish group said Tuesday that it will form a task force to investigate "a growing number of anti-Semitic incidents" at UC Irvine.
California News
Students joining national protest against Iraq war
San Francisco Chronicle
By Tanya Schevitz
It hasn't reached the level of the campus peace movement during the 1960s, but students at more than a dozen colleges from San Francisco State University to Columbia University in New York will stage strikes and rallies Thursday to protest the war in Iraq.
Proposed UC, CSU fee hikes resisted
San Bernardino Sun 2/14/07
By Charlotte Hsu
When pre-med student Kaley Biggs left Cal State San Bernardino two years ago, it was the enrollment cost that drove her away from what administrators say is one of the nation's most affordable universities.
National News
Preparation for College
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/14/07
By Lauren Smith
The No Child Left Behind Act should include tougher requirements on high schools to make sure that students not only graduate, but do so with the skills they will need to succeed in college and the workplace.
Criminals and Colleges in the Capital
Inside Higher Ed 2/14/07
By Elizabeth Redden
The trend in higher education is clear: more risk management in personnel matters, more thorough scrutiny of new hires, more background checks.
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