Higher Ed Press Clips June 2008

June 1-2, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Debate simmers over SAT and ACT test scores
  
• Guide to give green grades
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo library to get face-lift
  
• 'Joint effort' secures funding for library renovation project
  
• Higher-ed institutions to celebrate 75 years
  

June 3, 2008

Denver Post:

• College Admissions Miss ‘Risks’
  
• Medical Buildings May Make Tracks
  

Chieftain:

• CU Chief Says University Back on Track
  
• CSU-P Hires Three New Student Life Employees
  
• Transformation – Editorial
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Ritter to Sign Four Bills During Visit to Mesa State
  

June 4, 2008

 Denver Post:

• Tuition Rising at Both CSU Campuses
  
• Peer to Peer Student Loans a Popular Track
  
• UCD Vice Chancellor Promoted to Provost
  

Coloradoan:

• Change Needs Strong Leadership – Guest Opinion
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P to Hike Tuition Rates
  
• CSU-P to Offer No Credit Classes for Reduced Price
  
• CSU Board OKs $37.1 Million for Pueblo Campus
  

June 5, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU to Cease Control of Student Newspaper
  
• CU Freshman Class Could be Record
  
• Voters Won’t Okay Fuzzy Ballot Plan – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU, Metro Also Hike Tuition
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Hopes to Net $15 Million for Folsom Naming Rights
  
• Record Freshman Class at CU?
  

Chieftain:

• New CSU-P Classroom Building Tops System’s Wish List
  

Sentinel:

• Revenue-Saving Bill Draws Praise of Ritter
  
• The Governor’s Signature – Editorial
  

June 6, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter Calls Scholarship Fund the “Last Dollar in”
  
• CSU to Cease Control of Student Newspaper
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter Wants Proposed Scholarship to Help ‘Most Needy’
  
• A Conservative Oasis at CU – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Regents Pick Bosley
  
• For the Love of Rock
  
• What’s in a Name – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Approves Media Changes
  

Sentinel:

• Tax Plan Would Fund Education
  

Colorado Daily:

• Colorado Promise Scholarship Gets Push
  

June 7-9, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Higher Education Voucher Program May Get Revamped
  
• Modernizing Norlin: A Library for the 21st Century
  
• CU Seeks Consistent ID For Campuses
  

Chieftain:

• Momentum – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Club 20: Severance Tax Proposal Would Hurt Producing Communities
  

Tribune:

• UNC Ups Faulty Pay, Hikes Student Tuition
  
• Time to Go Back to School – Editorial
  

June 10, 2008

Denver Post:

• Big Divide Over Plan to Lease Roan Land
  

Rocky Mountain News

• UCD to Start on Pharmacy Building
  

Coloradoan:

• Interest Rates Affect Plans for CSU Dorms
  

Summit Daily News:

• Stick ‘em up the Governor is Coming – Opinion
  

June 11, 2008

Denver Post:

• Governor Says Education Best Way to Fight Poverty
  

Daily Camera:

• Mind the Gap – Opinion
  

Coloradoan:

• Demand Prompts CSU to Add Brewing Science Class
  

June 12, 2008

Denver Post:

• Learning How to Escape Poverty – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Foundation on Pace to Bring in Record Green
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Borrows $81 Million from Wall Street for Dorm, Parking Garage, Student Rec Center
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Mechatronics Program Featured in Magazine
  

June 13, 2008

Denver Post:

• Higher Ed Fund Spurned
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Chamber to Oppose Killing Energy Credit
  

Tribune:

• High School Students Gear Up for a Future Career
  

Fort Collins Now:

• CSU Getting Budgetary Stretch Marks
  

June 14-16, 2008

Denver Post:

• Drilling on Roan is Certain, but Payoff is Not
  
• Chamber’s Vote Hurts Ritter Plan – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Scholarship Puzzles – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Donations at CSU Up
  

Sentinel:

• Lawmakers Largely Successful with Bills
  
• Higher Education Adds Value for People, Communities – Guest Opinion
  

Tribune:

• UNC Struggles to Reverse Enrollment  Slide
  
• Bottom Line is Cost Say Local High School Grads
  

Colorado Higher Ed News.Com:

• Ritter’s Scholarship Proposal Under Attack from Likely and Unlikely Quarters – Editorial

June 17, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter’s Education Push – Modified By Degrees
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Ousts Family Tenants To Make Way for Freshmen
  

Chieftain:

• PCC Kids College Program Starts Monday
  

Cortez Journal:

• Schools Study Merger
  

June 18, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU’s Job Well Done Pays off for NASA
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Scholarship Provisions will be Discussed this Summer – Letter to Editor
  

Daily Camera:

• University Dominates the Solar System for Cheap
  
• Republican Joins CU Regent Race
  

Sentinel:

• Severance Tax Proposal Riles Mesa Commission
  

Durango Herald:

• CU President: Value Education
  

• CU President Visits Montrose
  

June 19, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU Looks to Recruit More Graduate Students
  

Coloradoan:

• Preparing for CSU Growth
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Colorado Reaps Benefits from NIH Funding
  

Alamosa Valley Courier:

• CSU President Visits Valley
  

June 20, 2008

Denver Post:

• War Bill Boosts Troops' College Aid
  
• Web Classes Get Gas Prices' Silver Lining
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colorado Ranks Third in High Tech
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P to Offer Registration Session
  

Sentinel:

• Former State Senator Files Request Over Tax Initiative

Tribune:

• Drop in Enrollment at UNC Should be a Community Concern -- Editorial

Aurora Sentinel:

• A Year at Anschutz
  

June 21-23, 2008

Denver Post:

• Skill Level Testing Graduates to College
  
• We Can Still Find Gold at Auraria – Columnist
  

Daily Camera:

• Peer to Peer Lending Picks Up
  
• CU Student Wins Google Software Challenge
  
• ‘Model Minority Myth’ Can Hinder Asian American Students
  

Chieftain:

• Is State Agency Promoting Ritter’s Private Ballot Issue?
  
• CU Supports Pueblo Scholarship Fund – Guest Opinion
  
• Gee Whiz – Editorial
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• CU Switches Health Care Providers
  

Vail Daily:

• Online Degrees Payoff in Mountain Towns
  

Steamboat Pilot and Today:

• Ritter Plugs Tax Credit Repeal
  

June 24, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• State Expects to Collect $356 Million of Severance Tax
  

Daily Camera:

• Regent Dems Supporting Carlisle’s Opponent
  
• CU Law Students Win National Competition
  

Sentinel:

• We’re in the Money
  

June 25, 2008

Denver Post:

• Slowing Economy Shows Need to Fix Budget Mess – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Carroll: Higher Ed Guess Work – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Considers Giving Freshmen Free Bikes
  

Sentinel:

• Study Abroad Requirement May be Part of CU’s Vision of the Future
  

June 26, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Academic Doubletalk – Guest Opinion
  

Sentinel:

• Hank Brown Declines to Spearhead Tax Campaign
  
• Petition Persistence – Editorial
  

June 27, 2008

Denver Post:

• Rules Would  Bar Freebies for CU Docs, Med Students
  

Daily Camera:

• Ethics Complaint Filed Against Republican CU Regent Candidate
  

June 28-30, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU Expects More Student Veterans with Revised GI Bill
  

Coloradoan:

• University Parent Media to Publish the 3rd Annual Parent Guide
  
• CSU Making Some Gains in Fundraising
  

• State Workers Should not do Campaign’s Work – Guest Columnist
  

9News:

• Affirmative Action Could Change in Colorado if Ballot Measure Passes