March 15, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSU trustees upset about union hits on chancellor
San Francisco Chronicle 3/15/07
By Jim Doyle
California State University governing Board of Trustees rallied around the chancellor Wednesday, blasting the faculty union and students for engaging in a labor strategy of personal attacks against the system's top executives.
Cal State Raises Fees
KCBS Radio, 3/14/07
Students of the California State University system will pay ten percent more in fees starting this fall.
CSUEB frosh lagging behind
Daily Review 3/15/07
By Lisa M. Krieger
More than half of first-time freshmen admitted to California State University, East Bay, last fall were not prepared for college English, and half were not prepared for college math, according to new data presented Tuesday during a meeting of the California State University Board of Trustees.
Smith resigns from UNESCO
Monterey Herald 3/15/07
By Larry Parsons
Peter Smith, former president of CSU-Monterey Bay, is resigning as the United Nations' top educator, citing an intolerable work environment that included a February death threat.
CSU's 10% fee increase is approved
Press-Telegram 3/15/07
By Kevin Butler
Despite students' objections, the California State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a 10 percent student fee increase for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Poly fees to go up by $252 per year
SLO Tribune 3/15/07
By Sally Connell
Cal Poly fees will go up $252 per year for undergraduates, as a result of a vote Wednesday by the California State University Board of Trustees.
Tuition at Sonoma State to rise 10%
Press-Democrat 3/15/07
By Bob Norberg
Tuition to attend Sonoma State University is going up 10 percent this fall, boosting the annual cost including campus fees to $3,900.
Board Approves Fee Hikes For California State University
NBC-4, 3/14/07
The cost of attending California State University will increase by 10 percent during the next academic year under a plan approved in Long Beach on Wednesday by the 23-campus system's Board of Trustees.
Editorials/Commentary
The affordability gap
San Francisco Chronicle 3/15/07
Community colleges are supposed to be the gateway to opportunity for Californians. But, on average, only 1 in 4 community-college students, who started out to get an associate of arts degree or transfer to a four-year college, end up meeting their goals.
Letter: What's expendable at Sac State
Sacramento Bee 3/15/07
Re "CSU faculty vote today on strike / Pay is central issue as union asks members at 23 campuses to authorize possible walkout,"
Homeschooled students deserve equal process
Bakersfield Californian 3/15/07
Students who are qualified, educated and ready for college should be top candidates to attend universities. But homeschooled students have been at a disadvantage when it comes to applying for admission.
What's wrong with public education?
O.C. Register 3/15/07
California schools are in need of sweeping, comprehensive reforms if the state is to raise the quality of education and student achievement."
CSU remains a bargain
Press-Telegram 3/15/07
We never like to see the California State University make college more expensive. The poorest students suffer the consequences of an inefficient state government that spends public money on political supporters rather than where it is most needed.
UC News
UC Merced earns gold star for 'green' building efforts
Modesto Bee 3/15/07
By Michelle Hatfield
The University of California at Merced is trying to set the standard when it comes to environmentally friendly buildings.
California News
UC, CSU reach again for students' wallets
San Francisco Chronicle 3/15/07
By Tanya Schevitz, Jim Doyle
California's 626,000 public university students got clobbered Wednesday with their fifth tuition hike in six years as the governing boards of both the University of California and the California State University agreed to raise the price of attendance dramatically.
Deep flaws found in school system
San Francisco Chronicle 3/15/07
By Nanette Asimov
A yearlong, $3 million evaluation of California public schools by more than 30 education experts reveals a "deeply flawed" system that misdirects school money, emphasizes paperwork over progress, and fails to send the best teachers into the neediest schools.
Fees boosted again for UC, CSU students
Sacramento Bee 3/15/07
By Eric Stern
Undergraduate students in the state's public universities -- there are more than 500,000 of them -- will pay $252 to $495 more for college next year.
State increases fees at public universities
Union-Tribune 3/15/07
By Sherry Saavedra and Chris Moran
The cost of attending a California public university just grew by hundreds of dollars.
No quick, cheap fix for state's schools
L.A. Times 3/5/07
By Joel Rubin and Howard Blume
California's immense public school system is plagued by gross inefficiencies and inequalities that will require fundamental reforms and much more money, according to a series of studies released this week.
UC, Cal State approve fee hikes
L.A. Times 3/15/07
By Larry Gordon and Richard C. Paddock
University students will pay 10% more in fees at Cal State campuses in the fall and at least 7% more in the UC system to make up for what officials say are shortfalls in state funding.
Raising fees only option, UC, CSU officials say
Contra Costa Times 3/15/07
By Matt Krupnick
Leaders of California's public university systems Wednesday raised fees for more than 600,000 students.
CSU, UC systems vote to increase fees; diversity, financial concerns raised
L.A. Daily News 3/15/07
By Susan Abram and Brent Hopkins
Ebony McKay, a psychology major at California State University, Northridge, will be spending more long nights working - but not on her studies.
State university fees to rise
Mercury News 3/15/07
By Lisa M. Krieger
The 600,000 students headed to California's public universities next fall will be paying more for their educations.
Fees rise in fall: 10% at CSU and 7% at UC
Modesto Bee 3/15/07
By Michelle Hatfield
The cost of a public college education in California just got pricier.
National News
Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid
USA Today 3/14/07
By Mary Beth Marklein
Good grades and high test scores still matter — a lot — to many colleges as they award financial aid.
College drug use, binge drinking rise Prescription abuse, pot use both way up
USA Today 3/15/07
By Donna Leinwand
Nearly half of America's 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or drink alcohol on binges at least once a month, according to a new study
'March Ad-ness' Is Now Courting College Web Sites
Wall St. Journal 3/15/07
By Emily Steel
As millions of fans gear up today for the tipoff of the NCAA men's basketball tournament -- sometimes referred to in marketing circles as "March Ad-ness" -- advertisers are thinking beyond the huge audiences for national telecasts and Webcasts. Now, they're trying to rally support one virtual campus at a time.
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