May 4 , 2007
CSU/Campus News
Sacramento Bee 5/4/07
By Ryan Lillis
Kebret Tekle was 20 years old and full of promise.
A budding television journalist with an ability to connect even with strangers, she was deeply involved in her sorority's platform of service at California State University, Sacramento, where in two years she would have graduated.
Union-Tribune 5/4/07
By Lisa Petrillo
Despite growing up abused and neglected and yanked out of so many schools she lost count at 8, Daniel Perry beat the odds.
Mercury News 5/4/07
By Sal Pizarro
The Founders' Day celebrations marking San Jose State University's 150th anniversary today may be as much about the university's future as its past, thanks to an appearance by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.
Editorials/Commentary
Daily Bulletin 5/4/07
Cal Poly Pomona President J. Michael Ortiz certainly knows what he's doing. Ortiz found the right man for the job when he hired Bob Balzer, the Daily Bulletin's CEO and publisher, to run Cal Poly's upcoming capital campaign.
Mercury News 5/4/07
Don't be surprised if few of San Jose State's 30,000 students are on hand for the university's sesquicentennial birthday party today.
UC News
Chronicle of Higher Education 5/4/07
By Erik Vance
The University of California's Academic Senate will probably reject a proposed ban on research funds from the tobacco industry, a member of the system's Board of Regents has predicted.
San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/07
By Tanya Schevitz
A University of California employees union is calling for closer scrutiny of the financial holdings of some outside experts who recommend how UC's multibillion-dollar asset and retirement portfolios should be invested.
San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/07
By Rick DelVecchio
The union demanding higher pay for UC Berkeley custodians says it's ready accept a compromise brokered by former state Sen. John Burton and lift a boycott threatening to disrupt commencement events.
California News
San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/07
By Henry K. Lee
More than 70 current and former students at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill are being investigated for allegedly paying bribes of up to $600 to have their grades raised on official transcripts, officials said Thursday.
San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/07
By Carrie Sturrock
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has opened a new front in his student loan industry investigation, subpoenaing and requesting documents from 90 alumni associations nationwide, including those from San Jose State University and UC Riverside.
L.A. Times 5/4/07
By Mitchell Landsberg
California charter schools get "more bang for the buck" than traditional public schools and may be improving at a faster clip, according to a report scheduled for release today.
Salinas Californian 5/4/07
By Victor Calderon
Classroom instruction must go beyond textbooks and include "real-world" learning experiences, a consultant told Monterey County school leaders at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas on Thursday.
National News
Inside Higher Ed 5/4/07
By Doug Lederman
It almost seemed like a dare last month when Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said he had reached a settlement with the Omaha-based lender, the National Education Loan Network.
Other Sites of Interest
CSU Leader
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