
No More Classes, No More Books
Community colleges strain under financial distress
Andrew Nelson was raised in the horse-dotted hinterlands of Sacramento, served in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan and Iraq, attended community college in Rocklin and is set to attend a prestigious four-year university in hopes of becoming a teacher and education administrator.
Our Broken Schools
Stop cutting and start strategizing
I find myself getting hot under the collar every time I read another story or report on the pitiful state of public education in California.

Getting Schooled
Students delay education or seek alternatives to state-funded schools
As legislators duke it out in the Capitol and college regents slash services and raise fees, Adam Thongsavat is viewing education in California a bit differently. Namely, the UC Davis senior has been watching the growing line of students waiting for free food.

Divine & Conquer
Chancellor Katehi's plan for prosperity
While institutions of higher learning across the state are reeling from budget cuts, tuition hikes, course reductions and faculty and student unrest, Chancellor Linda Katehi has calmly put together a business plan for expansion and prosperity at UC Davis.
A Vision for Higher Education
It's time to stop fighting battles of the past
The headlines are the same in nearly every state: massive cuts in higher education budgets, faculty and staff layoffs, tuition hikes and students locked out of a college education because of rising costs. Our nation’s economic distress is taking a huge toll on our colleges, universities and future work force.

C-Level Change
MBA offerings evolve with students and the economy
It’s been said a down economy is a boon for Masters of Business Administration programs. The fact that the region has kept the healthy crop of MBA schools it had in 2007, before the economy turned, and even added one would suggest the maxim holds true. But it’s no free ride.

School Custodian
University of the Pacific ramps up its role in the community
The University of the Pacific arrived from San Jose in 1924, planting a brick-and-ivy educational institution in the heart of the San Joaquin agricultural community. Since then, it’s grown to become the second-largest private employer in the county. But, school officials say, the university can still do more in the business community.
What To Do About Education?
Put it at the top of the priority list, to start
Ask virtually anyone in the business community what Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration must do to repair our state’s broken economy, and over and again the answer is the same: improve education.

Working lunch with Brice Harris
More than 40 years ago, Brice Harris entered education leadership and vowed never to use money — or lack thereof — as an excuse for the performance of the higher-learning institutions he served. However, he now insists the California Community Colleges System cannot adequately serve the student population without more state funding.

President’s Circle
Sacramento State's Alex Gonzalez
Sacramento State President Alexander Gonzalez’s tenure has been one of the most tumultuous in the university’s history.