January 9, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSUB professors may strike over salary dispute
Bakersfield Californian
By Jenny Shearer
The union that represents California State University professors, including those in Bakersfield, is squabbling with the system's administration over salary increases.
CSULB head looks back over year
Press-Telegram 1/9/07
By Kevin Butler
For the first time in more than 12 years, Cal State Long Beach cleaned every campus window last summer.
Editorials/Commentary
Letter: CSU's Cyprus program achieved its goal
Union-Tribune 1/6/07
As a student who attended the California State
University Cyprus program, I would like to issue a response to the letter
sent by Georgia Stavropoulos.
UC News
Little Asia on the Hill
New York Times 1/7/07
By Timothy Egan
When Jonathan Hu was going to high school in
suburban Southern California, he rarely heard anyone speaking Chinese.
But striding through campus on his way to class at the University of
California, Berkeley, Mr. Hu hears Mandarin all the time
California News
High school, college to team up
Modesto Bee 1/9/07
By Michelle Hatfield
Educators are casting a safety net for teens who have high potential but aren't motivated to do well in class.
National News
The Ultimate Distance Learning
New York Times 1/7/07
By Christine Lagorio
Isaac Greenbaum, a continuing education student
at New York University, remembers the day last semester when his media
studies class was settling into a discussion of its next group project.
Shortly after class began, a brawny, bare-chested figure bounded in
wielding a crossbow.
At Universities, Plum Post at Top Is Now Shaky
New York Times 1/9/07
Karen W. Arenson
David A. Caputo, the president of Pace University, has ricocheted from one crisis to another.
Ph.D. Shortage: Business Schools Seek Professors
Wall St. Journal 1/9/07
By Ronald Alsop
Jean Wyer is a seasoned recruiter at PricewaterhouseCoopers, but a recent headhunting request took her aback. Business schools were calling on her not to hire their graduates, but rather to help them find accounting professors.
Moody's Says Financial and Governance Issues Could Spell Trouble for Some Colleges
Chronicle of Higher Education 1/9/07
By Martin Van Der Werf
This year will be a relatively stable one for colleges and universities, says Moody's Investors Service, the bond-rating agency, but storm clouds are gathering for colleges with large amounts of debt, in highly competitive battles for students, or in areas of declining population.
Progress Over the Long Term
Inside Higher Ed 1/9/07
By Paul D. Thacker
As more studies and panels of experts detail the perceived downward spiral of America’s competitiveness in science, the new edition of the biennial report, “Professional Women and Minorities,” finds a slice of good news over the long term.
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.
