January 23, 2007
CSU/Campus News
New leader is named at CSUDH
Press-Telegram 1/23/07
By Kevin Butler
Boice M. Bowman, vice president for student affairs at Cal State Dominguez Hills, on Tuesday was named interim president of the institution, effective March 1, while a search is conducted for a permanent campus leader.
Top executives are in line for 4% salary hike
San Francisco Chronicle 1/23/07
By Jim Doyle
Twenty-eight of the California State University system's highest-paid executives are in line for another pay raise this week -- just days after students learned they could face a 10 percent tuition increase next fall.
Faculty protesting pay at CSU campuses
Union-Tribune 1/23/07
By Lisa Petrillo
Spring semester is beginning with faculty picketing at the 23 California State University campuses.
CSU faculty members picket; strike could be coming next
Enterprise-Record 1/23/07
By Melissa Daugherty
Chico State University faculty members not mollified by the California State University's proposed salary increase picketed on Monday, the first day of the spring semester.
University's spring semester starts
Ventura Star 1/23/07
By John Scheibe
Monday was a busy day for students at California State University's newest campus as many of them headed off to a new semester, meeting with their instructors on what will be expected of them in the months to come, and buying textbooks and other class materials.
CSUSM professors picket, warn of possible strike
North County Times 1/23/07
By David Garrick
As several thousand students returned to Cal State San Marcos on Monday, they were greeted by a new "one-stop shop" for student services and a group of angry professors complaining about stalled contract negotiations and warning of a possible strike in March.
CSU Students Face Fee Increase; Execs Expect Raises
NBC-11 San Francisco 1/23/07
As California State University student fees are expected to increase, university executives are likely to be getting a pay hike.
Editorials/Commentary
Better report card
Fresno Bee 1/23/07
Shoot off the fireworks, pile the cheerleaders into a pyramid and bash the bass drums — Fresno State's football team is putting up some big numbers.
Students must embrace safety
SLO Tribune 1/18/07
Although Cal Poly is justly regarded as one of the safest campuses within the California State University system, the sad reality is that crimes against student do occur — on campus and off.
UC News
UC Davis Will Pay Coach $725,000 to Settle Title IX Discrimination Case
Chronicle of Higher Education 1/23/07
By Paula Wasley
The University of California has agreed to pay $725,000 to settle an unfair-dismissal lawsuit brought by a former wrestling coach at the university's Davis campus.
California News
Building schools in flux
Sacramento Bee 1/23/07
By Shane Goldmacher
Tucked deep in the budget plan he released earlier this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to dramatically change how public school construction is financed in California.
National News
Class of '07 Gets Plenty Of Job Offers
Wall St. Journal 1/23/07
By Erin White
Employers are diving back into the fountain of youth. This year is shaping up as the strongest for college recruiting since the downturn earlier this decade, colleges report.
Higher Ed and the High Schools
Inside Higher Ed 1/23/07
By Elizabeth Redden
Colleges, like factories, need to work with their “supplier community” to improve the quality of the raw materials they end up shaping.
Other Sites of Interest
CSU Leader
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CSU Newsline
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