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SAN FRANCISCO California State University secretly paid millions of dollars to outgoing campus presidents and top executives, in some cases keeping them on the payroll up to five years after leaving office. Neither the chancellor nor trustees at the nation's largest public university system publicly disclosed the "transition pay," lucrative consulting contracts and tenured teaching positions, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday. Chancellor Charles B. Reed said his office spent as much as $4 million over the past decade for "special assignments" and paid leave for former campus presidents and vice chancellors. Reed said in a June 23 e-mail to...

Entering freshmen at Cal Poly continue to show high levels of ability in writing and mathematics, higher than at any other campus in the California State University system. Of the 3,363 freshmen who entered Cal Poly in fall 2005, 95 percent were deemed proficient in math and 91 percent were deemed proficient in English. Those numbers show a marked improvement from 2000 when 86 percent were proficient in mathematics and 82 percent were proficient in English. The results are in the latest state report on English and math proficiency, which shows Cal Poly freshmen with much higher proficiency than the...

Academic Calendar, Spring 2003 January 20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Campus Closed January 21 Spring Semester Begins January 21 Pre-Instruction Activities: Orientation, Advisement, Faculty Meetings and Conferences January 22 First Day of Instruction February 10 Last Day to Drop Courses Without an Entry on Student's Permanent Record February 17 Last Day to Add Courses & Register Late February 18 Enrollment Census Date March 24-28 Spring Recess March 31 Cesar Chavez Day - Campus Closed May 13 Last Day of Instruction May 14 Study/Conference Day (no classes or exams) May 15-16, 19-21 Final Examinations May 22 Final Examinations...