May 10, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Chico News & Review 5/10/07
By Melissa Daugherty
A semester studying abroad proved a wake-up call for Amelia Gulling. Life in Alicante, a small Spanish city south of Valencia, was worlds away from Chico and what she'd grown up with as an American and native Californian.
Fresno Bee 5/10/07
By Barbar Anderson
A shortage of nurses in the San Joaquin Valley is rapidly approaching a crisis, according to a Fresno State nursing report made public Wednesday.
Salinas Californian 5/10/07
By Victor Calderon
Brighter gym lights and dollar savings aren't the only benefits students at California State University, Monterey Bay, have gotten from being energy conscious.
NBC-11, San Jose, 5/10/07
Dozens of California State University students rallied outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office on Wednesday to protest a 10 percent fee hike that will raise their tuition by $250 this summer.
Editorials/Commentary
Modesto Bee 5/10/07
State Controller John Chiang has come up with a fresh and scary number on the cost of health care benefits promised to state employees over the next three decades: $47.9 billion.
O.C. Register 5/10/07
My teenage daughter told me recently, "My friend at school said that since she and some of her friends were Jewish, it was not safe for them to walk around the UCI campus."
UC News
San Francisco Chronicle 5/10/07
By Tanya Schevitz
Faculty leaders at the University of California decided Wednesday that the welcome mat should remain out for tobacco companies and their research money.
San Francisco Chronicle 5/10/07
By Rick DelVecchio
Scheduled keynote speaker Danny Glover snubbed UC Berkeley's main graduation ceremony Wednesday as campus custodians picketed for higher wages.
California News
Sacramento Bee 5/10/07
By Laurel Rosenhall
The State Board of Education is poised to make a decision today in what's been the most difficult part of creating the California High School Exit Exam: whether students with disabilities should be required to pass the test to graduate.
National News
Chronicle of Higher Education 5/10/07
By Lauren Smith
Three-quarters of undergraduates at American colleges and universities received some type of financial aid for the 2004-5 academic year, and 45 percent of undergraduates took out educational loans, according to a report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education.
L.A. Times 5/10/07
By Larry Gordon
For most students, the drawn-out drama of college admissions decisions was finished last week. Choices were made, deposits mailed in, successes savored and wounds licked. Time to think about roommates and classes.
Inside Higher Ed 5/10/07
By Doug Lederman
It’s hard to tell whether the House of Representatives’ overwhelming passage Wednesday of legislation to toughen federal law governing the student loan industry shows how much the political landscape surrounding the issue has changed — or, in the long run, how little.
Other Sites of Interest
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