March 5, 2007
CSU/Campus News
CSU faculty vote today on strike
Sacramento Bee 3/5/07
By Eric Stern
Michelle Matisons, 36, has a Ph.D. and was making $47,000 as a women's studies professor at Sacramento State when she quit last December.
Growing enrollment drives university's expansion
Camarillo Acorn 3/2/07
By Daniel Wolowicz
From student enrollment to campus infrastructure to fundraising, California State University at Channel Islands is growing in leaps and bounds.
Budget woes continue for Humboldt State University
Eureka Reporter 3/2/07
By Courtney Hunt-Munther
Three hours of discussion regarding Humboldt State University’s budget ended on Friday with significant progress made.
Cal State faculties to vote on strike
San Bernardio Sun 3/5/07
By Charlotte Hsu
Faculty members at Cal State San Bernardino will begin voting today on whether to authorize walkouts in response to faltering contract talks between their union and the California State University system.
More gift questions emerge at CSUF
Fresno Bee 3/4/07
By George Hostetter
In January 1995, Fresno State President John Welty wrote a letter to a New York City-based foundation acknowledging that the university had improperly sent matching gifts to athletics. He promised it wouldn't happen again.
HSU faculty strike vote begins today
Times-Standard 3/5/07
Starting today, the California State University faculty, including at Humboldt State University, will begin four days of voting to determine whether they want to go on strike when the labor negotiating period under state law ends this month.
CSUEB divided over business review
Daily Review 3/5/07
By Kristofer Noceda
A brewing divide among faculty and administrators at the local university's prized college of business may be the deciding factor in how the school performs in its reaccreditation review next year.
CMA teachers to vote on strike authorization
Times-Herald 3/5/07
Nearly 80 teachers at California Maritime Academy in Vallejo will cast ballots Tuesday and Wednesday in a vote that could result in a massive statewide walkout
Editorials/Commentary
How Stanislaus State keeps its students
Modesto Bee 3/4/07
In the valley, where the education level lags behind state and national averages, much emphasis has been put on getting students to college. More important is getting students through college — out the door with a degree.
CSU system working to alleviate inequities in faculty salary
San Bernardino County Sun 3/2/07
By Lou Monville
I appreciate Tom Meisenhelder's commentary that the faculty of the California State University deserve improved salaries
College fee hikes affront to students
San Bernardino Sun 3/5/07
Students in the University of California and California State University systems are facing fee hikes this fall - for the fifth time in six years.
Vocational ed conflict heating up
Sacramento Bee 3/5/07
By Dan Walters
When local dignitaries and the media were invited recently to tour a new high school in Sacramento geared toward students interested in health care careers, it was touted -- with some justification -- as an example of how "career and technical education," the new-fangled name for vocational education, was gaining public and political acceptance.
California News
Cogdill says college bill would save money
Union Democrat 3/2/07
By Alisha Wyman
Sonora High School student Rebecca Forbes, 16, plans to attend community college before going on to a university.
Home-schooled see chance to enter college improving
Union-Tribune 3/5/07
By Ana Beatriz Cholo, AP
David Sample wanted to attend UC Riverside but thought it was a lost cause because he had been home-schooled.
Guarding funds for 2-year colleges pushed
Ventura Star 3/5/07
By John Scheibe
Since December, Larry Miller has been asking registered voters to sign petitions that he hopes will lead to a state constitutional amendment to protect funding for the nation's largest higher education system.
National News
A New Campaign on Adjuncts
Inside Higher Ed 3/5/07
By Scott Jaschik
The National Education Association is getting ready to join the other two national faculty unions – the American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers – in offering a plan to deal with the growth of adjunct faculty positions.
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