Higher Ed Press Clips May 2008

May 1, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Rename med center? (Editorial)
  

Daily Camera:

• Campus Press cut from Curriculum
  

Chieftain:

• CU no longer offering credit for work on student newspaper
  

Tribune:

• Throw a lifesaver to higher ed (Tribune Opinion)
  

May 2, 2008

Denver Post:

• Threat Targets Auraria Course
  

 Daily Camera:

• CU: Personal Data Not Breached
  

Coloradoan:

• Three Bioscience Forces Combine to Boost Industry
  
• CSU’s Construction Management Program Gets a Makeover

May 3-5, 2008

Denver Post:

• Campuses Use Own Discretion of Weapons
  
• Fiscal Fix to go to Public
  
• Miscue in Higher Ed Plan
  

 Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter at the Halfway Mark
  
• Lawmakers Punt Budget Fix
  
• Students Like Guv’s College Aid Idea
  
• Big Guns Hired in Severance Tax Fray
  

Daily Camera:

• Climbing Costs go Beyond Tuition
  
• Tuition Hike Latest Obstacle for Buffaloes
  
• The Cost of College
  
• CU Grapples with State Mandated Employee Raises
  
• Seniors Give CU Center a Plaza
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Cautiously Optimistic About Ritter’s Aid Proposal
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Names New Dean of Graduate Studies
  

Sentinel:

• Bid to Raise Severance Tax Could Spark Nasty Battle
  

May 6, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter Questions TABOR Strategy
  
• DU Hires 2 Deans for Colleges
  

 Rocky Mountain News:

• And the Winner is… - Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Scholarship Funding Plan Worth a Look – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P, PCC Team Up on Housing, Employee Education
  
  

May 7, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU Faulty: OK Benefits for Partners
  
• Boasts, Barbs End Session
  
• Asian Americans and Affirmative Action – Opinion
  
• Legislature Fell Short this Year – Editorial
  

 Rocky Mountain News:

• Education Lobbyist Joins Group Fighting Severance Plan
  
• Immigrant Teen Gets Scholarship
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Gets Federal OK for Work on Plague, Other Diseases
  
  
  Chieftain:
• Colorado Legislators Wrap Up Session

May 8, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ritter: GOP Stalled Road Efforts
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Weighs Three-Semester System
  

Coloradoan:

• Youngest Members of CSU Community Paint Reminder of Smoking Boundaries
  
  
  Chieftain:
• Legislative Summary
  

May 9, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU boasts 5,500 new grads
  

Daily Camera:

• Med students honor body donors
  
• Graduates facing a sluggish job market
  

Chieftain:

• Campus buzz (Editorial)
  
• PHEF raises $199,000 for scholarship awards
  

Sentinel:

• Future of the GOP? Penry may become state's Republican leader
  

 May 10-12, 2008

Denver Post:

• Two Dozen Legislators Leaving
  
• Verdict Mixed for Solidly-in-Control Dems
  
• Weakened Ritter Needs to Rebuild – Editorial
  

 Daily Camera:

• Fostering a Family Chancellor’s Wife Raises Foster-Family Awareness, Promotes Scholarship
  http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/may/11/fostering-a-family-chancellors-wife-raises/
• OPX Licenses CU Technology
  http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/may/09/opx-licenses-cu-technology/

Coloradoan:

• Vestas Eyes Region for $250 Million Factory
  
• CSU Campus Disruptions Ahead
  

Tribune:

• UNC Proposes 9.5 Percent Tuition Hike
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• CU Officials Praise Aurora’s Hand in Med Center
  

 May 13, 2008

Denver Post:

• Election Hard Time to Tinker with TABOR
  
• Ritter Signs Bill to Fund Construction Jobs for Higher Ed
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter Signs Bill to Fund Auraria Science Complex
  

Daily Camera:

• Faculty: Keep Traditional School Year
  
• CU Faculty Backs Measure to Limit Smoking on Campus
  
• Biz Competitions all the Buzz
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter Signs Higher Ed Project Bill
  

 Tribune:

• Monfort Foundation Gives $3.1 Million to CSU
  
• Ritter Signs Higher Education Construction Bill
  
• Aims Professors Collaborate on Textbooks
  

 May 14, 2008

Denver Post:

• Students Squeezed in Search for Loans
  
• CU Seeks Right-Wing Professor
  
• Never too Old for School – Guest Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU May Host Conservative Cast of Profs
  
• Colorado Designed Instruments Bound for Space
  
• Carroll: A 9 Million Dollar Token? – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• VA Wants to Add Tower at CU Hospital
  

Sentinel:

• College Students May Loose Voice on Board after June 30
  

GJ Free Press:

• Ritter to Sign School, Justice and Ag Bills Today

 May 15, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU Prof Plan Getting Liberal Discussion
  
• Cole Free-College Deal Pared
  
• Website Hooks Students – Guest Opinion
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Some Students Rip Mayor on Promise for College Money
  
• Speakout: Ritter Tax Hike will Hurt Poor – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Mixed Reviews for CU Deans
  

Coloradoan:

• Head of CSU’s Vet Hospital Resigns
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Ritter Signs Key Education Bills
  

Fort Morgan Times:

• President of CU Will Visit Morgan
  

 May 16, 2008

Denver Post:

• State Tacks on the Fees
  
• Separation of Church Aid, Eyed
  
• Ex-senator, University Chief Brown Joins Denver Law Firm
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU Seeing Off Its Largest-Ever Graduating Class
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Regent Schauer Won’t Seek Re-Election
  

Coloradoan:

• Graduation Events at CSU Getting Underway
  

 May 17-19, 2008

Denver Post:

• Governor’s Higher Ed Funding Plan Simply the Right Thing – Guest Opinion
  
• Regent Will Skip Bid for Second Term
  
• Invest in New GI Bill For US, Too – Editorial
  
• Tough Break for Cole Students Here Illegally – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• College Voucher Program Under Fire
  
• Couple at Metro Earns His and Hers Degrees
  
• Five Questions for Roy Romer
  
• Keeping His Promise – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Hank Brown: From President to Professor
  
• Grant Brings Scientists to Schools
  
• Aging CU Buildings to Get Overhaul
  

Coloradoan:

• Cost, Access Both Increasing at CSU
  
• CSU Grads Move Through Day with Mixed Emotions
  

Sentinel:

• Sacred No Longer: Let’s Kill the TABOR Bull
  

 May 20, 2008

Denver Post:

• Cole students ask for tuition help
  

Daily Camera:

• Let me check my iPod: Front Range experiments with podcasting
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU's online university "campus" opens for business
  
• Departures come amid budget struggles at CSU vet hospital
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Top administrators at CSU veterinary hospital resign
  

 May 21, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• A Second Look – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Students ‘Enter’ Online Campus

 May 22, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ballot Budget Repair Text OK’d
  

Sentinel:

• Penry: Western Slope Will Fight Energy Tax Rise
  

Journal Advocate:

• Benson: Higher Education Needs to be a Priority
  

 May 23, 2008

Denver Post:

• Winds of Change Benefit Economy – Editorial
  
• Colorado’s High-Tech Economy and its Changing Demographics – Guest Commentary
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Some College Grads Write Own Ticket
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Prof, Other Scientists Compared to Indiana Jones
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU Grad Students Help Middle-Schoolers Make Science Happen
  

 May 24-27, 2008

Denver Post:

• Dropouts Nudged Into Graduates
  
• Finally, Decision is Near for Roan – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Nurse Shortage Tests the Wits of Hospitals, Nonprofits, Schools
  
• CU Denver to Partner with Saudi College
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Faculty Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences
  
• Pulitzer Prize Winner Teaching at CU
  
• Provost Approves Retaining Four Deans
  

Chieftain:

• Benson Heads CU Group’s Visit to Pueblo Next Week
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• Labs Generate $1 Billion for State
  

News Channel 13:

• UCCS Grad Overcomes Prison to Earn Degree