February 7, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Campus points to booster in probe
Fresno Bee 2/7/07
By George Hostetter
Faced with questions over misappropriation of money to athletics, Fresno State officials have posted on the Internet an internal investigation that identifies a longtime booster as a participant in a 1998 donations deal.
CSU pay raises draw protest
Press Telegram 2/7/07
By Leslie Anne Jones
Dozens of Cal State Long Beach faculty members staged an informational picket Tuesday decrying pay raises for administrators in the face of tuition hikes and 21 months of negotiations for faculty salary.
Dirt dumped on rare habitat at Cal State San Bernardino
Press-Enterprise 2/7/07
By Jennifer Bowls and Marisa Agha
Lumbering from a nearby parking structure under construction, an earth-moving tractor opened its steel jaws and let loose dirt and rocks on a growing mound atop an open field at Cal State San Bernardino.
Teaching novice journalists to engage subjects
San Francisco Chronicle 2/5/07
By Heidi Benson
Every fall the public journalism class at San Francisco State University starts out packed to the rafters. But it doesn't end that way.
Editorials/Commentary
A little college snit - and the big stakes behind it
Sacramento Bee 2/7/07
By Peter Schrag
By the time Sac State researchers released their report last week about the low rate at which community college students get degrees or complete other programs, the community college establishment was in full defensive posture lobbing stinkbombs over the parapets.
Letter: CSU practices a concern
Enterprise-Record 2/6/07
As a member of the Chico State University faculty, I was surprised by your Jan. 26 editorial. Here are some reflections.
Letter: Raises for CSU officials criticized
Union-Tribune 2/6/07
Regarding “Top administrators at CSU given raises” (News, Jan. 24).
California News
State review of K-12 funding, efficiency has parties anxious over its release
Sacramento Bee 2/7/07
By Aurelio Rojas
Two weeks ago, the most extensive review ever done of school funding and efficiency in California was released to political leaders in the Capitol under tight security.
Schools chief aims at academic 'gap'
Sacramento Bee 2/7/07
By Peter Hecht
State schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell on Tuesday called on educational leaders to find solutions to solve an academic "achievement gap" afflicting low-income and minority students.
Latina ed program is a victim of success
Union-Tribune 2/7/07
By Bruce Lieberman
For many Latina girls in middle and high school, attending college seems an impossible dream, but Cecilia Martinez decided early not to limit her expectations.
MiraCosta eyes ways to reflect community
Union-Tribune 2/7/07
By Lola Sherman
OCEANSIDE – MiraCosta College trustees say they want to lure minorities to their campuses, but in this school's rather unusual case, one category of “underrepresented students” refers to whites.
National News
Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize
New York Times 2/7/07
By Alan Finder
CONWAY, Ark. — Across from the red-brick Collegiate Gothic campus of Hendrix College in central Arkansas lie a few beat-up ball fields, tennis courts and an expanse of woods.
Advanced Placement Still Ascending
Inside Higher Ed 2/7/07
By Elizabeth Redden
In what has become an annual tradition of late, the College Board released a wealth of statistics Tuesday demonstrating substantial and continual growth in Advanced Placement access and success.
Other Sites of Interest
CSU Leader
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