March 19, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Satellite campus best bet for some
Modesto Bee 3/19/07
By Michelle Hatfield
A single mom of two, Jean DeGrassi hasn't been able to move up the career ladder without a bachelor's degree.
The ‘Whipping Boys’ of California Higher Education
Diverse Magazine 3/15/07
By Molly Nance
As they enter the final day of voting to authorize a work stoppage, California State University faculty say they’re tired of being “devalued,” and they demand competitive salaries, improved student services and better leadership of the nation’s largest university system.
Stan St. services look into merger
Modesto Bee 3/19/07
By Michelle Hatfield
A home's living room is the central place to lounge and relax. A university's living room is its student union.
Cal State students vote this week on health fee hike
North County Times 3/19/07
By David Garrick
Students at Cal State San Marcos must decide this week whether to increase what they pay in annual health care fees by as much as 53 percent this fall in order to expand health services and pay for a large on-campus clinic that would probably open in 2011.
First-years at Cal Poly surpass CSU averages
SLO Tribune 3/18/07
By Sally Connell
Freshmen who entered Cal Poly in the fall continue to surpass their peers at the other 22 California State University campuses in both grade point average and proficiency in math and English.
The cost of culture
Press-Democrat 3/19/07
By Bob Norberg
For $100 million, Sonoma County is widening the freeway from Santa Rosa to Windsor, Stanford rebuilt its football stadium and Sonoma State University is building a landmark performing arts center.
Cal State program wanes after Cold War, gains after Sept. 11
Press-Enterprise 3/18/07
By Janet Zimmerman
Operating almost as quietly as the spy agencies that recruit on its campus, Cal State San Bernardino is grooming analysts to track terrorist funding, gauge the threat of nuclear attack and analyze weapons of mass destruction.
CSUSM students to build houses in New Orleans
North County Times 3/18/07
By Noelle Ibrahim
Instead of lounging around on the beach, sipping cocktails during their spring break next week, a group of Cal State San Marcos students will break a sweat as they lay down carpeting and paint walls for victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
Appeals court revives coach's retaliation suit
North County Times 3/17/07
By Teri Figueroa
The legal battle waged by an SDSU strength and conditioning coach ---- who alleged that the university retaliated against him after he complained about the then-football coach ---- will go back to the trial judge who sided with the school two years ago.
Editorials/Commentary
Valley stands to lose from tuition increase
Bakersfield Californian 3/18/07
By Robert Price
The across-the-board tuition increase approved by University of California regents and California State University trustees last week is bad enough on its surface.
Desperate times for education
Sacramento Bee 3/19/07
Last week, editorial board members met with education experts connected with the just-released "Getting Down to Facts," a package of 22 studies on school finance and governance in California by 55 researchers from across the country.
Free every school to do its job
Sacramento Bee 3/18/09
By Daniel Weintraub
In a blow to the conventional wisdom that the ivory tower rarely produces anything of practical value, 23 teams of researchers working independently on the question of what ails California's public schools have come up with a conclusion that even the Legislature ought to understand.
College students draw a line on drinking
Fresno Bee 3/19/07
By Eddie Jimenez
I went to Fresno State last week in search of student reactions to a new report that said The frequency of binge drinking among college students is on the rise.
Schools in dire need
Contra Costa Times 3/19/07
Twenty-two studies conducted by 30 different research institutions have arrived at the same conclusion: California's bloated, Byzantine education system, responsible for educating 6.8 million students, is in desperate need of a major overhaul.
CSU system should persist with high bar for basic skills
Mercury News 3/19/07
Alarmed in 1996 by the high number of freshmen who arrived unprepared for college-level work, the trustees of California State University set an ambitious goal: By fall 2008, only 10 percent of incoming students would need to take catch-up courses in math and English.
Economics 101 for university students
O.C. Register 3/19/07
People seem to forget that when the government provides something inexpensively it means someone's taxes are paying for the benefit.
San Jose State name change a bad idea
Mercury News 3/18/07
By Scott Herhold
For several weeks now, I've puzzled over the effort to add the words "Cal State University" to San Jose State University's name. It hardly seems like an issue that has struck a deep chord on an apathetic campus.
Letter: Better pay helps everyone
Enterprise-Record 3/17/07
Faculty at Chico State and other California State University campuses have been in negotiations for a fair contract for almost two years.
UC News
Feds to determine future of UCSC's Terrace Point expansion
Santa Cruz Sentinel 3/19/07
By Roger Sideman
UC Santa Cruz's decade-old plans to triple the size of its Terrace Point marine science campus on the city's Westside are hinging on an inspection later this month by federal wetlands experts.
In California, a Public Research University Succeeds Because Its Low-Income Students Do
Chronicle of Higher Education 3/23/07
By Sara Hebel
Riverside has long struggled to shake its reputation as a campus of last resort in the University of California system, taking in students who could not get accepted at more prestigious branches.
California News
Lawsuits lurk over cost of fixing schools
Sacramento Bee 3/19/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
California lawmakers now have more than 1,000 pages of research documenting loads of problems with the state's schools and estimating how much it would cost to successfully educate every child.
Nurse shortage grows acute; classes lacking
L.A. Daily News 3/19/07
By Susan Abram
Had she gone to a private university, Genny Alvarez would already be a registered nurse.
Schools vie for aid, but may get lemons
L.A. Times 3/18/07
By Howard Blume
Santee High in South Los Angeles ranks at the very bottom of high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, but it won't get a penny of the most substantial infusion of new state funding in years for low-achieving schools.
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