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East Bay second Cal State foundation to file questionable tax returns

May 21, 2012 By John Hrabe With 427,000 students and 44,000 staff on 23 campuses, the California State University System is the nation’s largest higher education system. But from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Cal State is raising tuition, cutting

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Cal State Foundation bonuses pose conflict of interest

May 17, 2012 By John Hrabe Following public outcry over six-figure pay raises handed out to top executives, the California State University Board of Trustees approved a plan last week to shift future pay hikes from taxpayer funds to nonprofit

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Great news: fewer kids going to California universities

May 10, 2012 By John Seiler Youngsters finally are figuring out that going $100,000 in debt to get a degree in poststructural-prepostmodern-quasistructuralist-semiFoucaulist-political-correctness with no chance of a job isn’t exactly the best way to start out in life. A new

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Killing off business for college students

May 8, 2012 By Katy Grimes The widening chasm of political philosophy was on display Monday in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee, as one side argued for higher taxes on businesses, and the other pushed to continue with the

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‘Social justice’ education hurts students

Editor’s note: This first appeared on UnionWatch.org. May 7, 2012 By Larry Sand Last month, the drone-like National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel gave a talk at the annual gathering of the Nebraska State Education Association. The California Teachers

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College is ‘a racket’

May 4, 2012 By John Seiler I salute the rising generation! Although they are subjected to P.C. brainwashing from preschool through graduate or professional school, may are rebelling. In the following video, a smart girl bids her “farewell to college.” And

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Affirmative action attacks GATE school program

May 4, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO–If you thought that affirmative action was dead in California, think again. In fact, California Democrats behave as if it was never outlawed, and continue to pass laws mandating racial preferences. The Assembly passed

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Free college tax bill would cost CA businesses

May 2, 2012 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Faced with a growing state deficit, instead of cutting the size of California’s government programs, lawmakers have squeezed higher education. With dramatically higher tuition in just a few years, it’s the the middle class

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California Exports Gangs to High Schools

John Seiler: Well, one part California’s economy is booming, even exporting to other states: The Crips gang: “The Crips, one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States, has spread its network of crime into high

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Cal State Presidents Receive Perks and Benefits Worth 50% of Base Pay

MARCH 26, 2012 By JOHN HRABE California State University presidents receive perks and benefits worth as much as 50 percent of their base salaries, or more than $145,000 per year, according to compensation data released by two campuses. Cal State

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