San Jose State University Chooses New President
San Jose State University has chosen a new president, as Mohammed Qayoumi will take over the position this summer.
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San Jose State University has chosen a new president, as Mohammed Qayoumi will take over the position this summer.
The report put the total cost of a UC student living on campus at more than $27,000, an 18% increase from 2006. At a CSU campus, costs increased 23% to $20,000.
The chancellors of the University of California and California State University systems say they don't plan to seek student fees increases this year, despite a state budget proposal that calls for deep cuts to higher education.
California State University will soon start offering doctorates in nursing at several of its campuses.
A key legislative committee in Sacramento Tuesday will look at making huge cuts at the state's public universities, and one Silicon Valley Assemblyman said higher education will have to bite the bullet.
The popular student body president at California State University, Fresno has publicly revealed what he had long sought to keep secret: He's an illegal immigrant.
The CSU Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a plan to raise tuition for undergraduate, graduate and credential programs by 15.5 percent by next fall.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown reiterated his support for undocumented college students at California's public universities, suggesting at a news conference in San Francisco Monday that Republican rival Meg Whitman wants them to work in "subordinate positions."
More than 500 protesters rallied against tuition fee hikes and budget cuts at the University of California at Berkeley Thursday, including about 100 who planned to gather at the school's library well into the evening, a university spokeswoman said.
Demonstrators were out early on Thursday leafleting and picketing ahead of a rally and march on the UC Berkeley campus to protest the crisis in education funding from the state.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed legislation that guarantees admission to California State University to community college graduates, a change backers say will help more students earn four-year degrees.
California State University plans to admit up to 30,000 new students for the 2011 winter and spring terms after closing admissions to most applicants last year because of state budget cuts, CSU officials said Monday.
