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CSU System Works to Rebuild Trust in Shadow of Sex Discrimination and Assault Cases

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:45:25 +0000

Changes are underway one year after scathing audits showed how the California State University system failed to handle reports of sexual discrimination, harassment and assault in its Title IX offices.

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San Jose State Teachers Join Faculty Across All 23 Campuses in Historic One-week Walkout

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 04:36:15 +0000

After months of negotiations, university officials and the faculty union remain far apart on key contract terms. Cal State provided a 5% general raise; the union wants 12% this year.

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Faculty at San Jose State, Other CSU Campuses Get Raises, Start New Semester with a Strike Anyway

Barry Holtzclaw — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:09:59 +0000

After months of negotiations, California State University officials announced a 5% pay raise. The union that represents 29,000 faculty sought 12% and will strike at all 23 campuses the first week of classes, beginning Monday.

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CSU Faculty Leaders Call for Five-day Strike at All Campuses in January

Barry Holtzclaw — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:27:11 +0000

The strike in the first week of a new semester could be called off if both sides reach an agreement in contract talks Jan. 8-12, the union said.

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CSU Reels from 1-2 Punch by CA Auditor and Independent Report

Barry Holtzclaw — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:53:44 +0000

San Jose State University announced reforms of its Title IX enforcement efforts the same day that a new critical report was released.

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San Jose State Students Face Prospect of Annual 6% Tuition Hikes

Barry Holtzclaw — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:00:11 +0000

Breaking from over a decade of traditionally not raising tuition, Cal State leaders last week released a proposal that would start annual increases at every one of the 23 CSU campuses beginning in the fall of 2024 as the only way to make up a shortfall between operating costs and revenues.

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San Jose State Students Taking Advantage of BayPass Transit Pass

rchalhoub — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:52:11 +0000

Although Clipper cards were already available to the greater student body at the university, the BayPass allows students to take public transit without worrying about crossing county lines and having to pay fares in public transit within that county,

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Rare ‘Corpse Flower’ to Bloom at SJ State, Unleashing Its Putrid Fragrance

Bay City News — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:54:28 +0000

A Titan Arum, commonly known as a corpse flower, is expected to bloom in the next few days for the first time in San Jose State University's Biology Department tropical greenhouse, university officials said Friday. The 9-foot-tall plant, named Terry Titan, is expected to bloom sometime between Sunday and Tuesday, staying open for only 24 […]

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San Jose Carjacking Ends in Crash, Arrests of Suspects in Previous Armed Robberies

San Jose Inside — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 19:06:28 +0000

Three of the teen suspects were on “active searchable probation” and one was wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor at the time of the arrests.

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Cal State Chancellor’s Office Raises Issue with Cal Grant Expansion

CalMatters — Fri, 27 May 2022 18:17:28 +0000

The Cal State system says current plans to expand Cal Grants would leave out more middle class students at San Jose State and other CSUs in the future, even though there would be a net gain of eligible students overall. Supporters of the expansion say Cal State officials are telling the whole story.

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