May 8, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Daily Breeze 5/8/07
By City News Service
Following 23 months of negotiations and a strike authorization vote, California State University faculty members, including those at the Long Beach, Los Angeles and Northridge campuses, have approved a tentative labor agreement, union officials announced today.
San Francisco Chronicle 5/8/07
By Jill Tucker
Faculty members at San Francisco State University and the 22 other campuses of the California State University system have voted overwhelmingly to approve a four-year labor contract, union officials announced Monday.
Sacramento Bee 5/8/07
By Phillip Reese
California State University instructors have overwhelmingly approved a contract, union officials announced Monday, clearing the way for the system's trustees to end an often-bitter fight over faculty pay that almost led to walkouts.
North County Times 5/8/07
By David Garrick
Professors at Cal State San Marcos and its 22 sister campuses across the state have overwhelmingly ratified a labor contract that includes guaranteed 20.7 percent raises over four years, the faculty labor union announced Monday morning.
Fresno Bee 5/8/07
A California State University, Fresno, student living off campus is being accused of shooting three people late last night, killing one of them, at the University Village Apartments on Barstow Avenue.
North County Times 5/8/07
By David Garrick
Karen Haynes, president of Cal State San Marcos since 2004, will receive a prestigious award Friday in downtown San Diego for positive contributions to the university and the local community.
Editorials/Commentary
Sacramento Bee 5/8/07
By Dan Walters
A couple of months ago, a consortium of academic researchers released a 22-part, 1,700-page package of studies into the condition of California's public schools, concluding that while they may need many billions of dollars in new financing, it would be foolhardy to just throw more money at them without "systemic and fundamental reform."
UC News
San Francisco Chronicle 5/8/07
By John King
The UCSF campus in Mission Bay is nothing if not ambitious. Lab buildings swathed in travertine stone flank a central green the size of Union Square.
Chronicle of Higher Education 5/8/07
By Paul Fain
Purdue University's next president will be France A. Córdova, an astrophysicist who is now chancellor of the University of California at Riverside, Purdue's Board of Trustees announced on Monday after unanimously approving her appointment.
California News
San Francisco Chronicle 5/8/07
By Nanette Asimov
Graduation rates in school districts across California fell significantly in 2006 -- the same year the state introduced the exit exam as a graduation requirement, a UCLA researcher is reporting.
Sacramento Bee 5/8/07
By Gilbert Chan
California taxpayers must come up with $47.9 billion over the next three decades to cover medical care for thousands of current and future retired state employees, Controller John Chiang announced Monday.
L.A. Times 5/8/07
By Joel Rubin
California education officials put forth artificially positive results on the number of students who passed the state's controversial high school exit exam last year, according to a recent UCLA study.
National News
Chronicle of Higher Education 5/8/07
By David Glenn
Research-oriented doctoral programs in education vary widely in quality, and a significant number of them should close up shop, according to a report released on Monday by the Education Schools Project.
Inside Higher Ed 5/8/07
By Elizabeth Redden
Recent research coming out of the University of California at Los Angeles suggests not only that undergraduates are far more spiritual than was widely believed, but also that they’re seeking help with their seeking from their colleges – mostly in vain, it turns out.
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