The economy in California has been struggling over the past few years, and this trend has hurt the funding of the California State University system. This may not mean much on the surface, but if California wants to recover they need to take the importance of the CSU system into account. A recent report released by the CSU system entitled, “Working for California: The Impact of the California State University System,” goes into depth on how much economic activity the system helps generate. Overall the 23-campus CSU system reported that they generate approximately $17 billion in economic activity for the state, which results in roughly $1 billion in local and state taxes each year. Read the rest of this entry »
California State University System Helps Fuel Economy
May 13th, 2010California College San Diego Adds Associates Degrees
May 13th, 2010Students have been attending California College San Diego to further their education and earn a variety of associates and bachelors degrees since 2003. Now California college students at CCSD will have even more options, with the addition of an Associate’s degree in Business Management and Accounting. Business degrees like this are very popular among colleges in California, as students want to quickly learn the skills needed to get a better job or advance to complete their bachelors degree. Read the rest of this entry »
California State University Faculty Salary Increases on Hold
May 7th, 2010In 2007 there was a collective bargaining agreement with the California State University system, and part of that involved salary increases for faculty members. However those salary increases are on hold as of now, after a neutral fact-finding team concluded that the salary increases cannot be justified at this time due to the ongoing economic crisis. CSU has had their general fund cut by roughly 20% over the last two years, which has hindered their universities’ ability to operate efficiently and make students, faculty, and administrators all happy. This news is compounded with numerous other events that have hurt CSU schools, like the reduction of classes, cancellation of sports programs, and meeting student demand for enrollment. Read the rest of this entry »
UC Berkeley and UC Davis to Establish Master’s Programs in Sustainable Development
May 6th, 2010Sustainable development is becoming increasingly popular, as people and businesses look to decrease their environmental impact to help improve conditions around the world. In order to help this movement, the MacArthur Foundation is donating a total of $5.6 million to 10 universities to establish master’s degree programs in sustainable development. Among those universities selected are California colleges UC Berkeley and UC Davis who will both receive a portion of the $5.6 million grant. Read the rest of this entry »
California Career Colleges Benefiting from Economic Slowdown
May 5th, 2010Unemployment due to downsizing and companies closing in California has left many people looking for a new job, but not having much luck as the market is very competitive right now. In order to keep up in a competitive job market, many people are choosing to enroll in a California career college to learn vocational skills which they can use right away in a real world job. The demographics at career colleges in California tend to be older and with families, as compared to the traditional UC or CSU college student. Read the rest of this entry »
Fresno State Partners With Chegg.com
May 3rd, 2010College textbooks can be very expensive, and college students in California are feeling the pain right now trying to afford all the books they need each term. As tuition and fees continue to raise for California Universities, students struggle to keep up with all the expenses which include textbooks. This is why one California college partnered with Santa Clara, California-based Chegg.com, by allowing a Chegg kiosk inside the Fresno State Kennel Bookstore. Chegg.com is a leading online ecommerce site which rents textbooks to college students around the country. Ron Durham, the director of Fresno State’s Kennel Bookstore, felt that he wanted to be one of the first California colleges to adopt this strategy and help meet students’ needs for textbooks. Read the rest of this entry »
UCLA Researchers Say Hot Peppers Help Weight Loss
May 3rd, 2010Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, completed a study that involved a compound that is closely related to capsaicin, which is what contributes to a pepper’s heat. In this research from UCLA they used dihydrocapsiate or DCT, which they chose to determine if this compound could aid people in their quest to lose weight. The theory is that ingesting this compound would cause the body to heat up, which could then help burn fat and calories more easily. Luckily participants in the study did not have to love spicy food, as the DCT compound doesn’t have the heat that a Jalapeno has due to capsaicin. Read the rest of this entry »
California Community College Students Having Difficulty Transferring
April 29th, 2010Students are definitely excited that Governor Schwarzenegger is pushing for more money for financial aid and higher education, during the upcoming fiscal year in California that starts in July. However this does not help current California community college students who are trying to push forward to transfer and complete their bachelors degree that are having tremendous difficulty. Right now there is a major bottleneck with the flow of transfer students to the California State University system, who are currently not accepting midyear transfer students. Read the rest of this entry »
26 California Schools Make Princeton Review’s Greenest Colleges
April 27th, 2010California colleges have been popping up in the press quite often this year, as they work to become greener campuses by implementing solar technologies and other environmentally friendly practices. The Princeton Review recently released their Guide to 286 Green Colleges, in which California took 26 of the top spots on the list. However New York beat out every state on The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges with 37 schools making the list this year. Read the rest of this entry »
Report Recommends California Universities Should Increase Enrollments
April 23rd, 2010California State University and University of California systems have been struggling the last couple years to offer enough classes to all of the students who want to enroll. The current budget crisis in California, and lack of concentrated efforts on funding the California’s public university systems for the past couple decades, have hindered the universities’ ability to accept as many students as they would like. However the nonprofit Public Policy Institute of California released a report which recommended the state make changes to the current admission guidelines for the California State University and University of California systems. Read the rest of this entry »
