Higher Ed Press Clips July 2008

July 1, 2008

Coloradoan:

• CSU to Help Sort Convention Trash
  

Tribune:

• Aims Board Approves Budget, Tuition Hike
  
  

July 2, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• ConocoPhillips, Biofuels Center Ink Research Pact
  

Denver Post:

• Improving State Government – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• ConocoPhillips Enters $5M Deal with Colo. Universities
  

9News:

• CU Prepares to Call all Incoming Freshman

July 3, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• $40 Million Fund to Finance Medical Breakthroughs
  

Denver Post:

• $40 Million Plan Aids Research
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Prof:  Math Glitch Could Mean Faulty Extinction Calculations
  

Chieftain:

• Three GOP Lawmakers Back Ballot Initiative to Fund Transportation
  

July 4-7, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU Launches Global Campus for Online Learners
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Could Go on Professor Hiring Spree
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Offers Combination ID/Debt Card to Students, Faculty
  

Chieftain:

• Romanoff Seeks Ballot Initiative to Revamp TABOR

Daily Denver News

• Make your own case

July 8, 2008

Denver Post:

• Initiative Foes See Misuse of Funds
  

Sentinel:

• Anti-Tax Campaign Files Lawsuit Against State
  

Denver Daily News:

• Ballot Issue Under Fire
  

Vail Daily:

• Complaint Filed Over Tax Scholarships
  

July 9, 2008

Denver Post:

• Cheap Politics by Oil and Gas Lobby – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Backers of Drilling Tax Raise $450,800
  
• Casinos Heavily Back Gambling Initiative
  

Coloradoan:

• Three Team Up for Smart Grid

July 10, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Pipes Burst Flooding CU Building
  

Coloradoan:

• Financial Literacy Summit Planned for November
  

Colorado Daily:

• Launching into P-20
  

July 11-14, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter’s State Aid for College Outlined
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• State Ballot Bid Could Grant Scholarships of $1,000 to $6,000
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s Arguello Nominated by Bush for Federal  Judgeship
  

Coloradoan:

• Extensive CSU Textile Collection Gets New Space
  

Chieftain:

• 75 and Counting – Editorial
  

NY Times:

• High Cost of Driving Ignites Online Classes Boom
  

Denver Post:

• Time is Ripe to Fix Education, Experts Assert
  
• State’s Economy is on Right Track -- Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Housing Plans Cater to Students’ New Expectations
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P and PCC Mark Common Roots
  
• Colorado’s Future Depends on Educated Hispanic Workforce – Guest Opinion
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State Says Loans are Secure
  
• Politico Encourages Populist Themes for Oil, Gas Tax Credit Foes
  

July 15, 2008

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Unveils New Web Site
  

July 16, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Higher Ed Department Launches Review of Voucher Program
  
• CU, Boulder Researchers to Fly Unmanned Planes Over Greenland
  

Coloradoan:

• State’s Higher Ed Department to Study College Opportunity Fund Vouchers
  
• CSU Ending Long Distance Calling from Residence Halls
  

Chieftain:

• PCC Promotes Five, Hires Grant Writer
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Colorado College Fund to be Reviewed
  

July 17, 2008

Coloradoan:

• CSU Working on Putting Rubber in Roadways
  
• College Fund Bill Demands Follow-up – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Hops New Cash Crop, CSU Says
  

July 18-21, 2008

Coloradoan:

• CSU Officials Unsure When New Construction Will Begin
  

Denver Post:

• New Study on Graffiti, Crime Correlation
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Bringing More Rigor to Online Learning – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Grads Win Moot Court Competition
  

Sentinel:

• Journalism Workshop Offered at Mesa State
  

Tribune:

• CSU Team Makes Advances in Cancer Research
  

July 22, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU will Fatten Scholarships
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Denver Scholarship Foundation, CU to Help Low-Income Students
  

Daily Camera:

• Need Based Scholarship Put College in Reach
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Creates New School
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU Foundation Launch Scholarship Program for DPS Grad
  

Colorado Daily:

• Plagiarize This!
  

July 23, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU Program to Turn All Majors Green
  
• A Boost to Students Who Might Have Missed Out – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU Building Evacuated After Explosion in Vent System
  
• In His Own Words: Ismael Ramos
  
• CSU Creates School to Train Workers for Growing Environmental Movement

July 24, 2008

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Enrollment Soars
  
• Enrollment Jump Creates Housing Shortage
  

9News:

• More Adults Head Back to School
  

Examiner:

• Court Finds for Colo. Christian College in Dispute
  

 July 25-28, 2008

Denver Post:

• Amend 46 Would Shake Up CU Scholarships
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Sees ‘Big Impact’ if Amendment 46 Passes
  

Daily Camera:

• CU: Scholarships at Risk Under Affirmative-Action Ban
  
• CU Regent Helping Fund Bid to End Affirmative Action
  
• CU Clears Researchers Accused of Online Snooping
  

Chieftain:

• Dorm Breaking Monday
  
• CSU-P to Host Meet for Minorities
  

AP:

• Another Courtroom Victory for Religious Colleges
  

Denver Post:

• Romanoff Leads TABOR Crusade
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Court to State Drop the Religious Test on Colleges – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Carlisle Defends Herself Against Conflict-of-Interest Accusations
  
• New Network Offers Job Postings For CU Grads
  
• Time for the Truth on Affirmative Action --  Guest Opinion
  

Coloradoan:

• Degree Can Change Your Life – Guest Columnist
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Profiles Enrollment Growth
  

Gazette:

• Our View – Editorial
  
• Court Opposes Discrimination State was Breaking Federal Law – Editorial
  

Colorado Daily:

• Study Links Energy Drinks to Risky Behavior Among College Students