Higher Ed Press Clips August 2008

August 1, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ad Watch: “Tax Hike”
  
• Revamp Shines Bright Light on Tuition
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Raises Bone Cancer Profiles
  

Chieftain:

• College Offering a Fresh Start for People on Probation
  
• $1.9 Million Grant to Enhance Lamar College Programs
  

Sentinel:

• Ritter Says Credit Used to Lure Industries in 1970’s
  

Colorado Biz:

• Executive Education: Fast Track to the Future
  

Forbes:

• Colorado Gets $1.5 Million to Research Biofuels
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU Breaks Fundraising Record While State Continues to Underfund Higher Ed – Editorial
  

 

August 2-4, 2008

 Denver Post:

• Plenty of Overlap in Race for Tupa’s Seat
  
• Crowded Ballot: Initiative Inflation Could Set a Record
  
• Developers Rush to Fill Demand for Off-Campus Apartments Near DU
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Students at Religious College to Get State Scholarships
  
• School Safety Center Looks at Fall Startup
  

Chieftain:

• Parkview Foundation Awards Scholarships
  

Sentinel:

• Ritter’s Term Hinges on Severance Tax Vote, Analysts Say
  

Gazette:

• Our View – Editorial
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU Joins NREL’s Manager’s Board
  

August 5, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter Energized About Removing Oil, Gas Tax Credit
  

Daily Camera:

• Oil and Gas Scholarship Gathers Enough Signatures for Colo. Ballot
  

August 6, 2008

Denver Post:

• An Avalanche of Ballot Initiatives

Daily Camera:

• CU to Make Home Games at Folsom Field Zero Waste

GJ Free Press:

• Truck Driving School Going Strong at the Business Incubator
  

August 7, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colorado’s Direct Democracy About to Get a Major Test – Editorial
  

August 8, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU, CSU Break Research-Award Records
  

Daily Camera:

• Sponsored Research at CU Breaks Record
  

Denver Business Journal:

• More Research Funds Flow Into CU
  

August 9-11, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU Books Hotel Rooms to Help with Freshman Housing Crunch
  
• Global AIDS Bill Calls on Colleges for Help
  

Sentinel:

• Tax Credit for Energy Took Root in Late 1970’s
  
• ‘No’ on Initiative 113 – Editorial
  

Denver Business Journal:

• UNC Trustees Back Severance Tax Measure
  

August 12, 2008

Denver Post:

• Training Schools Help Consumers Pinch Pennies
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter Can’t Lose – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Fulbright Scholar from CU to Track Monkeys
  
• CU Urges Alcohol Class for Freshmen
  
• Students Behaving Badly – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution
  

August 13, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU Prof Asked to Lecture for Troops
  

 

August 14, 2008

Denver Post:

• Our Goal: Strong Schools – Guest Columnist
  

Daily Camera: 

• Online Educators Learn about Virtual Personalities
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Set for Influx of Students
  

Coloradoan:

• Future of CSU Indoor Athletic Facility Moves Forward
  

Tribune:

• CU Chief: State Higher Ed Funding Not Acceptable
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Roan gas leases go on sale
  

Colorado Springs Independent:

• Nickel-and-diming it
  

August 15, 2008

Denver Post:

• Smarting Over Schools
  
• Roan, Roan, Roan they Gloat – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Leaders Emphasize Education as Top 2008 Election Issue
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Regent Candidate withdraws from Race, Donates to School
  

August 16-18, 2008

Denver Post:

• Tests Show Many Wyo. Students Not Ready for College
  
• CU Students to Ask for OK to Carry Concealed Guns
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ft. Lewis Grant to be a Plus for Math
  

Daily Camera:

• Campus Press No More, CU Independent Takes Off
  
• CU Regents to Hear Pitch for Guns on Campus
  
• CU Plans Events for New Freshmen
  

Coloradoan:

• Seed Bank Preserves Genetic History
  

Chieftain:

• University Working to Handle More Traffic
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• CU Tech Transfers Sees Ups, Downs
  

August 19, 2008

Denver Post:

• College Chiefs Sign Up to Lower Drinking Age
  

Daily Camera:

• Volunteers to Help Students Move into Dorms
  

Chieftain:

• Breaking New Ground: Era Begins at CSU-P
  
• Hotel Dorms Outfitted with Student Desks
  
• PCC Welcomes Back Faculty, Classes Start Next Week
  

Sentinel:

• New Track at GI will Help Preps, Mesa
  

Colorado Daily:

• Bruce Benson: ‘We’re Already on Track for Another Record Year’
  
• CU Freshman Move-in Starts Tuesday
  
• CU Should No Longer be the Farm Team – Opinion
  

August 20, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ex-DPS Chosen as Interim DU Dean
  

Daily Camera:

• Pack of Freshmen Arrive in Boulder
  
• Lowering the Drinking Age a Wise Approach – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Vet Gets Practice Before Reconstructing Dog’s Leg
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Looks to Brand Product
  
• Good Run – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• Regents Should Lift CU Gun Ban – Editorial (2nd story on page)
  

Colorado Daily:

• Safety: A Good First Course of Study at CU
  

9news:

• CU Considering Whether to Join Push to Lower Drinking Age
  

August 21, 2008

Denver Post:

• Oil and Gas Playing Dumb and Numbers – Columnist
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s Campuses Run More Virtual Conferences
  
• Regents Shoot Down Gun Proposal
  
• CU Fretting Over Possible RTD Rate Hike
  
• CU Responds to Hill Stabbing
  

Coloradoan:

• Bohemian Foundation Gives $3 Million to Business College
  

Chieftain:

• Campus Bookstore Caters to the Needs of Sports Fans
  

Sentinel:

• College Breaks Year-Old Fundraising Mark
  

Colorado Springs Independent:

• Going the Distance
  

August 22, 2008

Denver Post:

• More Choose Community College as Economy Slows
  
• Let’s Chuck the Drinking Age – Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Charges Against CU Student Dropped
  
• Ball Corp., CU Instruments will Boost Hubble Space Telescope
  
• Rethink the Drinking Age – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Considering Undergraduate Assessment
  
• CU Ranked 34th Among Public Universities
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Opens Dorms to Biggest Freshmen Class
  

Chieftain:

• PCC Helps Recruit Vestas
  
• Students Flood into Dorms
  
• CSU-P Board to Discuss Goals
  

Gazette:

• Local Colleges Get Top Marks
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Students Rush to Move In
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Considering Undergraduate Assessment
  

August 23-25, 2008

Denver Post:

• Economy Trickling Down to Schools
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Prudence from the Regents – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Welcome to CU, Class of 2012
  
• Online Scholarships Offered to Moms
  
• Concealed Guns on Campus? – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• CSU Board of Governors Praises Pueblo Leaders
  
• Community Appears at a Crossroads
  

Gazette:

• Risky Regent Gun Decision – Editorial
  

Colorado Daily: 

• Drinking Age: Debate is on Tap
  

August 26, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ken Cook Named Chairman of UNC Foundation
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Dorms Filling Up at Colorado Universities
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Turns to Pythons for Heart Research
  

Chieftain:

• Freshmen Display Fountain of Optimism
  
• CSU-P Schedules Ribbon-Cutting Ceremonies
  

August 27, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU Exploring Emergency Messaging Boards
  
• Boulder Physicist Awarded National Medal of Science
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Opens Student Rec Center
  

Sentinel:

• College Turns Away Students for Housing
  

Journal Advocate:

• Lower Drinking  Age Means More Problems – Editorial
  

August 28, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU looks to update alert system
  

 

Denver Post:

• Metro's merit system
  
• CU plan expands campus alerts
  

 

Daily Camera:

• Xcel debuts first ‘smart’ home in Boulder
  

 

US News:

• SAT Scores Hold Steady for Class of '08
  

August 29, 2008

Denver Post:

• UNC prof steering away from corn for biodiesel
  

 

Daily Camera:

• CU helps map Katrina aid
  

 

Chieftain:

• Belmont bliss
  

 

Delta County Independent:

• District ACT scores fall short of state average
  

 

Las Vegas Sun:

• Cutting to success?
  

August 30-September 2, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Electric Vehicles Let CSU Police Go Green on Campus
  
• Firing hasn’t Pushed Churchill of Stage
  
• CSU Forecast: Busy Month of Hurricanes Ahead
  
• Retailers Give it the Old College Try
  

Denver Post:

• In the End, One Team – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Education Runs Nearly $80k
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Alumni Group Spurred by New Enthusiasm
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Mesa State Students See Holiday Cut Short
  
• Ritter’s Initiative 113 is a Chocolate Covered Lemon, Part Two – Guest Opinion
  
• Authors of Initiative 113, Amend 52 Should go back to Drawing Board – Guest Opinion
  

Valley Courier:

• Trustees  Endorse Ballot Initiative
  

Colorado Daily:

• Clicker Stickers Brainchild of CU Junior
  

Colorado Business Today:

• CU’s New President has Money on his Mind
  

GJ Free Press:

• Grand Valley-based Enologist Tracks, Promotes Colorado Wines