March 23, 2007
CSU/Campus News
Union-Tribune 3/23/07
By Sherry Saavedra
A day after California State University faculty members announced their support for a strike if a salary settlement isn't reached, student responses ranged from understanding to outrage to downright cluelessness.
Salinas Californian 3/22/07
By Robert Salonga
With overwhelming approval, faculty members in the 23-campus California State University system authorized their leadership to call a strike if contentious negotiations, now in their second year, deteriorate further.
Fresno Bee 3/23/07
By Russell Clemings
It used to run dormitories, food services and the student union and bookstore at Fresno State.
Bakersfield Californian 3/23/07
By Vic Pollard
A Cal State Bakersfield administrator was forced to resign last September after an investigation showed he had been using his office computer to view pornographic Web sites, according to a state audit report issued Thursday.
Mercury News 3/23/07
By Lisa M. Krieger
A controversial three-year campaign to add "California State University-San Jose" to the name San Jose State University has gone down to defeat, with 75 percent of polled students voting to oppose the change.
SLO Tribune 3/23/07
By Nick Wilson
Looking ahead to future months and years, Cal Poly plans to promote participation in education abroad, encourage its graduates to teach math and science in elementary through high schools.
KGET-17 3/22/07
Teachers at Cal State Bakersfield soon could take up picket signs.
Editorials/Commentary
O.C. Register 3/22/07
By Yvette Cabrera
One of the first lessons Nicole Martinez learned when she got to college was that she needed to get creative both inside the classroom and outside if she was going to survive the rising costs of attending a California state university.
Sacramento Bee 3/23/07
As Californians begin to digest a much-awaited 1,700-page research product of 22 studies about California's education system, two core issues stand out.
North County Times 3/23/07
The next time you feel like venting about your lousy job, just remember, it could be worse. You could be a professor in the California State University system.
O.C. Register 3/23/07
The California State University system's teachers union has found a way to make a bad situation worse: threaten to go on strike.
O.C. Register 3/23/07
California State University instructors have rejected a nearly 25 percent increase over the next three years
O.C. Register 3.23.07
By Tibor Machan
In a free society, when employers and employees negotiate on terms of trade, both sides are free to walk away from the table.
UC News
Santa Cruz Sentinel 3/23/07
By Soraya Gutierrez
Seventeen students at UC Santa Cruz have more than final exams to worry about this week. They'll be getting letters from the recording industry demanding they pay a settlement for illegally downloading music or risk litigation.
National News
Inside Higher Ed 3/23/07
By Doug Lederman
The U.S. Education Department late Thursday released a set of proposed regulatory changes that would require accrediting agencies to get much more involved than they historically have in judging whether the colleges they oversee are succeeding in educating their students.
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