January 31, 2007
CSU/Campus News
SJSU's shot at Super Bowl
Mercury News 1/31/07
By Michele Chandler
Take ``The Apprentice,'' season liberally with ``American Idol,'' and stir in some ``Survivor.''
Exiting dean leaves legend at CSUB
Bakersfield Californian 1/31/07
By Jenny Shearer
Cal State Bakersfield is losing one of its deans to a public school in South Carolina.
CSU faculty walk informational picket lines
Oakland Tribune 1/30/07
By Michelle Locke, AP
Faculty at California State University campuses are doing some instructing outside the classroom as they walk informational picket lines to protest stalled contract negotiations.
California News
Plan to cut school building funds worries districts
Sacramento Bee 1/31/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
If the Legislature approves a proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to change the way school construction is financed, growing school districts in the suburbs of Sacramento would face what they see as a host of bad choices
Buy tuition now, go to school later
Contra Costa Times 1/31/07
By Edwin Garcia
Assemblyman Jim Beall wants parents to be able to purchase college tuition for the class of 2030 -- at 2008 prices.
S.J. legislator proposes prepaid UC tuition
Mercury News 1/31/07
By Edwin Garcia
Assemblyman Jim Beall wants parents to be able to purchase tuition for the college class of 2030 -- at 2008 prices.
Analyst: Taxpayers losing in wage flap
Oakland Tribune 1/31/07
By Steve Geissinger
Democratic leaders want to impose union-driven prevailing wage rules on new school construction projects despite a critical state report that says enforcing the rules previously has cost tens of millions in taxpayer funds.
National News
Most Latino students spurn college loans
L.A. Times 1/31/07
By Francisco Vara-Orta
Luis Fernandez, who will graduate in May from Cal State Fullerton, put himself through college and has a stack of receipts to prove it. He paid for his education, all $12,800 of it, in cash.
Accountability and Comparability
Inside Higher Ed 1/31/07
By Doug Lederman and Elizabeth Redden
Accrediting officials have heard the message ad nauseum: Policy makers and the public need more evidence that colleges are educating their students, and it’s up to higher education — accreditors included — to produce that evidence.
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.
