February 20, 2007
CSU/Campus News
University Leaders take to Pulpits to Recruit Students
KRON-4, 2/18/07
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Leaders of California State University took to the pulpit today to preach the importance of going to college.
Student search widens to county
Monterey Herald 2/20/07
By Julia Reynolds
Police stepped up what they described as a "county-wide search" Monday for a Canadian exchange student who has been missing since Saturday afternoon.
Editorials/Commentary
Letter: Beyond community college
San Francisco Chronicle 2/20/07
Re "Access is not enough," editorial, Feb. 14: The California State University has a number of initiatives in place to assist community college students to transfer to its system.
Letter: Administrative bloat at CSUS
San Francisco Chronicle 2/20/07
Re "Blitz is on for college recruits," Feb. 14: Steve Boilard of the Legislative Analyst's Office could not have portrayed the attitude of Sac State administrators any better than his observation "that schools can add students without much cost and therefore pocket the difference."
Report ignores community college mission
Mercury News 2/20/07
By Stan Arterberry and Rosa Pérez
Remember when $100,000 for a house in Silicon Valley was outrageous and gasoline was 25 cents a gallon?
UC News
UC expansion plans again run up against protected fairy shrimp
San Francisco Chronicle 2/20/07
By Tanya Schevitz
Endangered fairy shrimp, those tiny vernal pool dwellers that have bedeviled planners at UC Merced for years, are flexing their protected status again.
California News
Scrutiny lax on national colleges, critics say
Sacramento Bee 2/20/07
By Judy Lin
A consumer report once found that only 15 percent of University of Phoenix first-time students nationwide completed undergraduate programs, but California regulators last year exempted the school from reporting graduation rates.
Give him an A for ambition
L.A. Times 2/20/07
By Joel Rubin
Steve Barr may not be a household name, but he is doing more these days to shake up public education in Los Angeles than anyone but Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
College fees squeeze
San Bernardino Sun 2/20/07
By Charlotte Hsu
For the fifth time in six years, students in the University of California and California State University systems face the possibility of fee hikes this fall.
Dropout deluge alarms officials
Sacramento Bee 2/20/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
Could preventing a high school student from holding a job if he doesn't have good grades keep him from dropping out?
National News
Lifeline to Low-Income Students
Inside Higher Ed 2/20/07
By Doug Lederman
That low-income Americans are far less likely to go to college than their peers are is a fact; less clear are the reasons why.
Other Sites of Interest
CSU Leader
CSU'S Weekly e-news publication.
CSU Newsline
The latest CSU Campus News.
Rough and Tumble
Daily California and political news.
