June 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
More than any other group in California, African Americans stand to gain the most significant lift out of poverty from earning a college degree, according to a new report. Taking a deeper look at data from a study it released in April, the nonprofit Campaign for College Opportunity this month...
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June 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
The California State University system has spent an average of $21,880 per year, per home on maintenance of 10 presidential homes over five years, much more than virtually all American homeowners who responded to a national housing survey. Already under fire for spending $2 million on...
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May 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University campuses have in the last 10 years spent more than $2 million renovating eight university-owned presidential residences – rehabbing kitchens, expanding garages and even hiring interior designers, according to figures provided by the university. At least...
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May 22, 2012, 12:05 AM
After recently posting a bid for an executive compensation consultant for the first time in eight years, California State University officials decided late last week to cancel the request for proposals – citing budget concerns. In bid documents posted in March for a three-year contract,...
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April 13, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University students would wield more influence over the creation of new mandatory campus student fees, such as fees for health services, instructional activities and materials, under a bill that advanced this week through the Senate Education Committee. Under current law, the...
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April 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
All eyes are on Santa Monica College, where a controversial plan to offer a tier of higher-priced courses has been met with pepper-spray-tainted protests and legal questions. Less noticeably, California State University officials have been mulling their own brand of higher-priced classes. In...
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March 19, 2012, 12:05 AM
In the first test of the California State University system's recently approved executive compensation policy, the presidents appointed to lead CSU East Bay and CSU Fullerton are slated to each receive the maximum salaries allowable under the new rules. After CSU trustees approved a large...
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February 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
California State University and University of California campuses are taking new steps to limit what students can do with their class notes: At least one CSU Chico student recently was reported to judicial affairs for selling notes to a website, while a newly updated UC Berkeley policy restricts...
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January 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
Responding to criticism from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and others, California State University officials have revised a proposed list of peer universities they plan to use to help set pay for campus executives. The new list, provided to California Watch on Thursday, no longer...
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October 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Billions of details about students’ lives pulse through university computer servers every day. The data is in e-mails from school accounts, in online purchases and Facebook updates made on school Internet connections. This flood of data might contain clues to future violent threats at...
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September 30, 2011, 12:05 AM
Leaders at the state’s public four-year universities need to proceed carefully when it comes to using private dollars to supplement compensation packages for executives, lawmakers told California State University and University of California officials at a Senate Education Committee hearing...
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September 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
The California Faculty Association has launched a new online ad targeting pay packages for California State University executives – more backlash from the board of trustees' decision in July to pay a new campus president $100,000 more than his predecessor on the same day they approved...
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July 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
All but one of the California State University campuses are on a new list produced by the U.S. Department of Education showing colleges with the fastest-rising tuition and fees – and those campuses will have to submit reports to the federal government explaining the rapid increase....
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July 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
A budget trailer bill that gets rid of individual financial audits at the 23 campuses of the California State University system has some observers concerned about losing a layer of financial scrutiny. Under AB 114, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, the state will save an...
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February 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
The California State University system has sufficient funds to admit 30,000 more students this spring than it enrolled last fall – but it will be impossible for the 23-campus system to enroll that many, CSU officials say. In fact CSU may be forced to return funds from...
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