February 23, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Boeing's big gift
Fresno Bee 2/23/07
By Doug Hoagland
Aerospace giant Boeing Co. will donate $2 million to Fresno State to create a scholarship program for engineering students, who are in short supply in California.
CSU Faculty Schedule March Strike Vote
CBS-13 2/22/07
Associated Press
Faculty at the California State University system have scheduled a strike authorization vote, a first for the nation's largest four-year public university system.
Cal State East Bay hosts African American summit
San Francisco Business Times 2/23/07
Following last weekend's "Super Sunday" outreach to the black community around the East Bay, California State University, East Bay, will host the African American Education Summit Feb. 24.
Editorials/Commentary
College of the Desert is doing what it takes
Desert Sun 2/23/07
By Dr. Maria Sheehan
A recent report issued by researchers at CSU Sacramento says students in California's community colleges find it difficult to earn an associate's degree or transfer to a four-year institution.
UC News
Philanthropist gives big to UCSC engineering and humanities
Santa Cruz Sentinel 2/22/07
By Roger Sideman
Retired developer and philanthropist Jack Baskin gave UC Santa Cruz $1 million to establish two endowed faculty positions, adding to the more than $8 million he has given to establish the engineering school that bears his name.
California News
College Cuisine 2.0
Union-Tribune 2/23/07
By Eleanor Yang Su
Sushi made-to-order. Organic fruits and vegetables. French fries madewithout artery-clogging trans fats. College dining halls (don't call them cafeterias) have been shedding their image as assembly-line servers of mystery meat.
Raise could thwart reform
L.A. Daily News 2/23/07
By Nausch Boghossian
When Los Angeles' powerful teachers union struck a deal last week for a 6 percent raise, it dealt a major blow to the authority of L.A. Unified's new superintendent.
National News
Grades Rise, but Reading Skills Do Not
New York Times 2/23/07
By Diana Jean Schemo
High school students nationwide are taking seemingly tougher courses and earning better grades, but their reading skills are not improving through the effort.
High-School Students Are Aiming Higher Without Improving Their Performance, Federal Studies Find
Chronicle of Higher Education 2/23/07
By Peter Schmidt
Two reports released on Thursday by the U.S. Education Department offer a paradox: More high-school students are taking advanced classes and earning high grades, but they are not doing any better on a federal test aimed at determining how much they have learned.
When Is Student Learning ‘Good Enough’?
Inside Higher Ed 2/23/07
By Doug Lederman
Almost from the beginning of its work, the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education made it clear that it considered the American system of higher education accreditation to be falling short of its mission to be the chief guardian of quality among the nation’s colleges.
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