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California State Universities Spent HOW Much On Renovations?

| Posted 05.29.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Erica Perez California State University campuses have in the last 10 years spent more ...

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Here Are Seven Other Cases Of Resume Fraud

The Fiscal Times | MAUREEN MACKEY | Posted 05.15.2012

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From the Fiscal Times: The latest victim to fall from grace due to resume fraud is Scott Thompson, who was named Yahoo’s chief executive in Janua...

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Cal State Tuition Skyrockets While Presidents Enjoy Fat Pay Raises

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.05.2012

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California State University students have had enough with tuition hikes, executive pay increases, and -- for now -- enough food. At least 17 studen...

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Protesting Students, Striking Faculty

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.02.2012

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Joseph A. Palermo

As the student loan debt in the United States surpasses $1 trillion for the first time in the nation's history, thirteen courageous students from six California State University campuses will be engaging in civil disobedience in the form of a hunger strike until university leaders agree to freeze tuition.

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Fee Fighters

The Cavalier Daily | Posted 04.16.2012

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The Cavalier Daily

In California, students may be heard by administrators, but the administrators go ignored by politicians, and until universities can influence state appropriations, student self-governance means nothing.

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Making Room for the Middle by Supporting Speaker Pérez's Middle Class Scholarship Act

Phil Ting | Posted 04.09.2012

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Phil Ting

It actually happened. It's now more expensive for a middle-class family to send a child to one of our California state universities than it is to send their son or daughter to Harvard.

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WATCH: Colbert Catches Santorum Telling Blatant Lie

Posted 04.04.2012

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On Tuesday's "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert caught Rick Santorum telling a bold-faced lie about California colleges, and had quite a bit of fun pok...

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For the Have-Nots, the Rocky Road Through College

Jeff Selingo | Posted 05.22.2012

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Jeff Selingo

As some expensive private colleges compete to fill their seats and cash-strapped public colleges look for ways to handle more students, today's emerging providers will get a second look by college leaders and students seeking quality alternatives.

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Pioneering Los Angeles Times Writer Dies

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Dorothy Townsend, the first female staff writer for the Los Angeles Times' city section and the lone woman on a team of dozens of repor...

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California State University: The Coming For-Profit Train Wreck

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.20.2012

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Joseph A. Palermo

Amidst a serious economic downturn in California, the California State University Chancellor and the Trustees' insistence on maintaining gigantic executive salaries has revealed their detachment from the economic realities facing California's students.

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It's Now Cheaper To Go To School At Harvard Than In Cal State

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.06.2012

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Going to school at Harvard University is cheaper than attending a public university in California. According to the Bay Area News Group, a "family ...

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WATCH: Deaf ROTC Soldier Fights To Change Military Acceptance Rules

Posted 03.02.2012

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Growing up, Cadet Private Keith Nolan knew he wanted to be in the military. After high school he went to enlist, but instead, got three words scribble...

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Triangulation: Past, Present And Future at California State University, Northridge's Art Department

Lisa Adams | Posted 02.14.2012

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Lisa Adams

Triangulation is thoughtfully selected and impeccably installed, making vivid the connections stated in the curatorial essay.

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SURVEILLANCE 101: Should California Colleges Track Their Students Online?

| Posted 12.10.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Ryan Gabrielson Billions of details about students' lives pulse through university com...

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The Recession Created A 'Triple Tragedy' In Education

AP | By JEFFREY COLLINS | Posted 11.24.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Stay-at-home-mom Cindy DePace was just hitting 30 when she decided to return to the work force by going back to school and becoming ...

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Cal State University Approves Another 12% Tuition Hike

AP | AMY TAXIN and TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.11.2011

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — The California State University system on Tuesday approved another 12 percent increase in student tuition this fall to offs...

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California: Where the Democratic Governor Triangulates Against Democrats

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.17.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Governor Jerry Brown's veto of the budget passed by the Democratic majority in the legislature, (as draconian in terms of gutting public resources as any in the nation), has tipped his hand: Jerry's triangulating.

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State Universities Consider 'Radical' Measures In Response To Budget Cuts

latimes.com | Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.11.2011

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Facing a potential $1-billion reduction in state funding for the coming school year, California State University is considering "radical" measures tha...

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In California the Battle To Save Higher Education Continues

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.12.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

The budget constraints have led the CSU administration to put into overdrive its business model for higher education, to treat education like a "business," like a "product" that is "delivered" to a "customer."

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CA Gov slashes Funding To Higher Education

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- California's public colleges and universities would suffer another round of painful funding cuts under a "tough budget" propos...

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California Colleges Face Massive Budget Cuts

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed budget cuts for 2011-2012 that would reduce funding for higher education in the state by $1.4 billion,...

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The Undervaluation of California Higher Education

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Gagnier

Today welcomed newly inaugurated California Governor Jerry Brown's unveiling of his proposed budget for 2011-2012. As with every budget cycle since th...

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Cal State Approves 15.5% Tuition Hike

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — California State University students are bracing for higher tuition bills after the 23-campus system's governing board approved ...

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CSU, Stanislaus: Let Sarah Palin Speak (Somewhere Else)!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

What do people associated with a university have to learn from Sarah Palin? Does Palin even believe in public higher education?

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California Students Rally In Sacramento

San Francisco Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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One way to protest education cuts is to block classroom doors, shut down campuses and hurl torches at a chancellor's house. All have been tried recent...

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