February 9, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSU faculty end protests on pay, work conditions
Union-Tribune 2/9/07
Informational picketing by faculty on 23 California State University campuses concluded this week with protests in Long Beach, Northridge, the Channel Islands and San Francisco.
Flu hits Chico State: but so far not elsewhere in town
Enterprise-Record 2/9/07
By Roger H. Aylworth
Instructors at Chico State University have been warned to expect empty seats in their classes as what appears to be a growing outbreak of influenza hits the students.
CSU professors threaten to strike
Camarillo Acorn
By Daniel Wolowicz
Stalled salary negotiations between state university professors and administrators led union members at California State University at Channel Islands to take part in an informational picketing session at the Camarillo campus on Wednesday.
Editorials/Commentary
We don't need another law school
Union-Tribune 2/9/07
By Velma Montoya
The University of California regents recently voted for a fifth taxpayer-supported law school.
Aid Concord campus
Contra Costa Times 2/9/07
Contra Costa County is the largest county in the state not to have a four-year public college in it.
College plan could put state funds at risk
Oakland Tribune 2/9/07
California will be going into the college education investment business if one lawmaker has his way.
Online high school classes in California long overdue
Mercury News 2/9/07
By Sen. Abel Maldonado
California, as home to Silicon Valley, has long led the world in technological innovation.
UC News
Dissecting a Deal
Inside Higher Ed 2/9/07
By Paul Thacker
When the University of California at Berkeley and Novartis agreed on a $25 million collaboration in 1998, views at the university and nationally were sharply divided.
California News
Free money offered for college
L.A. Times 2/9/07
By Francisco Vara-Orta
Cal Grants, state-funded grants for California residents that don't need to be repaid, are guaranteed to all students who apply before the March 2 deadline and have a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
National News
On the Offensive
Inside Higher Ed 2/9/07
By Doug Lederman
Education Department officials are going on the offensive to defend President Bush’s proposal to raise the maximum Pell Grant in part by eliminating several other student aid programs.
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