February 15, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSU brass recruiting in black churches
San Francisco Chronicle 2/15/07
By Tanya Schevitz
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed and several CSU campus presidents, including Robert Corrigan of San Francisco State, will address congregations at 17 predominantly African American churches Sunday in the Bay Area to highlight the importance of parental involvement and early preparation in getting to college.
CSU audit requested
Sacramento Bee 2/15/07
By Jim Sanders
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez joined with two other legislators Wednesday to request a comprehensive state audit of California State University system compensation and hiring practices.
HSU budget crunch:Is state policy to blame?
Times-Standard 2/15/07
By Ann Johnson-Stromberg
Nothing could be more tense than not knowing whether it will be your program or your class that will be cut out of next year's budget.
First class to attend 4 years at school ready to graduate
L.A. Daily News 2/15/07
By Susan Abram
Four years after entering the stucco-and-tile Spanish-revival buildings, Kristi Adame is about to emerge as one of the pioneers.
Fresno will take a bite at Bulldogs problem
Modesto Bee 2/15/07
By Jeff Jardine
Fresno Mayor Alan Autry and Police Chief Jerry Dyer find it disgusting that youngsters there can't wear their favorite Fresno State football or basketball player's jersey around town without being suspected of being a gang member.
College diploma is a parting gift
Press-Telegram 2/15/07
By Kevin Butler
Cal State Long Beach student Michael Delgadillo loved school.
Party photo flap at CSUS
Sacramento Bee 2/15/07
By Eric Stern
Sacramento State officials are interviewing members of the women's soccer team after Internet photos surfaced from a recent team party.
Editorials/Commentary
Had Enough Top-Down Reform?
Washington Post 2/13/07
By Jay Mathews
Here comes another helpful report from a five-star, blue-ribbon, highly respected, serious-minded, no-nonsense, ground-breaking, cannot-be-ignored, significant national commission.
Re-pricing community college classes
OC Register 2/15/07
By Gary Jason
The California Community College system is an enormous welter of more than 100 colleges serving over 2 million students yearly.
UC News
A juicy business: UC Riverside's citrus center experiments with designer fruit
L.A. Times 2/15/07
By Sara Lin
UC Riverside's living citrus museum, which has 400 acres of trees, has attracted a cult following.
California News
Thorny issue for exit exam
Sacramento Bee 2/15/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
One of the biggest dilemmas in creating a high school exit exam re-emerged Wednesday as the State Board of Education grappled with a philosophical, logistical and legal puzzle: Should the test be a graduation requirement for students with disabilities?
University doing special delivery
Union-Tribune 2/15/07
By Chris Moran
Aldo Trejo, Mayra Castillo and Kimberly Parker didn't leave Southwestern College to transfer to a four-year university. Alliant International University came to them.
National News
Dow Jones Fund Opens Journalism Programs to White Students After Lawsuit
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/15/07
By Peter Schmidt
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund has agreed to cease operating summer journalism programs solely for minority students in response to a lawsuit filed by an advocacy group critical of affirmative action.
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