March 28, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Press Telegram 3/28/07
By Kevin Butler
Cal State Long Beach has reached a 10-year agreement with a new operator to run its classic jazz and blues station, officials announced Tuesday.
SLO Tribune 3/27/07
By Nick Wilson
California State University faculty have agreed to hold off on a strike until April 6 as they and CSU administration try once more to hammer out a salary agreement.
Editorials/Commentary
Sacramento Bee 3/28/07
By Dan Walters
The chief purpose of education, it might be argued, is to equip one's mind with the ability to absorb information and analyze it critically to reach a conclusion.
Modesto Bee 3/28/07
By Eric Caine
Since the publication of a study documenting the low transfer rate from community colleges to four-year schools, there's been a spate of reactions — some defensive, some critical and virtually all at least partially true.
Mercury News 3/28/07
A fact-finder's report siding with the professors' demands for more money has spurred California State University faculty and administrators back to the bargaining table.
UC News
L.A. Times 3/28/07
By Richard C. Paddock
For more than three decades, epidemiologist James Enstrom has labored quietly at UCLA, studying the effect of tobacco smoke on human health
California News
Sacramento Bee 3/28/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
When it comes to setting academic expectations, California will no longer cut any slack for students who traditionally score low on standardized tests -- those who are poor, non-native English speakers, African American or Latino.
L.A. Times 3/28/07
By Howard Blume
Superior Elementary in Chatsworth, as its name implies, is anything but deficient, with a state ranking that far surpasses the state's measure of success.
Modesto Bee 3/28/07
By Michelle Hatfield
With classes, homework, studying for tests, holding down jobs and spending time with family and friends, not many college students have time to pay attention to what's happening on campus.
L.A. Daily News 3/28/07
By Naush Boghossian
Already lagging behind their statewide counterparts, Los Angeles Unified high school students took a precipitous plunge on newly released Academic Performance Index scores, dropping 20 points from the previous year.
National News
Inside Higher Ed 3/28/07
By Doug Lederman
New data from the U.S. Education Department confirm what faculty leaders increasingly bemoan: The full-time, tenure-track faculty member is becoming an endangered species in American higher education.
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