May 2, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Daily Bulletin 5/2/07
By Leonor Vivanco
Bob Balzer, CEO of the newspaper group that includes the Daily Bulletin, announced Tuesday he will be leaving his post to return to his educational roots.
Times-Standard 5/2/07
By Karen Wilkinson
At least a dozen fewer professors, fewer classes, one less program and under-funded departments is the picture Humboldt State University's academics affairs division is painting for next year.
Sacramento News & Review 5/2/07
By Seth Sandronsky
Noemi Beas is a fourth-year senior at CSU Sacramento, but she won’t be graduating this May. Instead, Beas will keep going to school and working two jobs, nearly 40 hours a week, to make ends meet.
Editorials/Commentary
Visalia Times-Delta 5/1/07
Thumbs up to UC Merced Chancellor Steve Kang for his willingness to explore a relationship between the fledgling university and the San Joaquin Valley.
Washington Post 5/1/07
By Jay Mathews
Please be careful to whom you show this column. I am slipping it in on a lovely May Day, when I assume my editors are taking long lunches.
Mercury News 5/1/07
A new statewide opinion poll reveals the difficulties and opportunities facing leaders in Sacramento who are counting on public support to help them enact large-scale changes in the financing and administration of California's K-12 education system.
Press-Enterprise 5/2/07
The decline of vocational education classes in California's high schools robs students of a well-rounded education.
UC News
Union-Tribune 5/2/07
By Eleanor Yang Su
A senior administrator at UCSD in charge of the university's $1 billion capital fundraising campaign has resigned after eight months on the job.
California News
Oakland Tribune 5/2/07
By Katy Murphy
Frank Chong is the first Asian-American president at Laney College, a two-year institution just blocks from Oakland's Chinatown.
Ventura Star 5/2/07
By Jean Cowden Moore
Deans from teacher preparation programs across the state met Tuesday in Camarillo to figure out how they can train stronger teachers to help close the persistent achievement gap between white and minority students.
Oakland Tribune 5/2/07
By Steve Geissinger
A new report shows the Bay Area is leading student enrollment decline, which officials say is pushing more schools to the brink due to a flawed state funding system.
National News
New York Times 5/2/07
By Alan Finder
Peter J. Gomes has been at Harvard University for 37 years, and says he remembers when religious people on campus felt under siege. To be seen as religious often meant being dismissed as not very bright, he said.
Other Sites of Interest
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