Higher Ed Press Clips November 2008

November 1-3, 2008

Denver Post:

• Most state measures look poised for a loss
  

Daily Camera:

• Business school students learn real life lessons during financial crisis
  

Chieftain:

• Governor offers leaner budget
  
• Amendment 46: Pro/Con – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• University’s investments down $18M in market crises
  

November 4, 2008

Denver Post:

• UNC pushes ed “think tank”

November 5, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• State voters still wary of tax measures – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Affirmative action ban to close to call in Colorado
  

Sentinel:

• Severance tax hike defeated, pleasing oil and gas industry
  

November 6, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU president Penley resigns
  
• Fate of affirmative-action ban still unsettled
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• In wake of 58’s defeat, Ritter puzzles over how to tap state’s energy boom
  
• Penley resigning as CSU’s president
  

Daily Camera:

• Regent Pat Hayes losing re-election bid
  

Coloradoan:

• Penley resigns
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-Fort Collins Chancellor Penley suddenly resigns
  
• State Ed board race still undeclared
  

Gazette:

• Colorado’s community colleges win one, lose one
  

November 7, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU executive search to take page from CU
  
• Penley strikes his flag at CSU – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Penley’s ‘remote’ leadership style assailed
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students want more night ride service
  
• CU dorms go head to head to cut electricity use
  

Coloradoan:

• Community perplexed by Penley’s sudden move
  
• Search for successor starts next semester
  

Chieftain:

• Penley’s resignation to have little impact on Pueblo campus
  
• Student’s check out PCC library’s new look
  

Fort Collins Now:

• Reasons for Penley’s resignation still unclear

November 8-10, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Student leader sees better uses for final bonus
  
• Casinos hope new bet limits will fix their slump
  

Daily Camera:

• More vending-machine money could pay tuition
  
• CU endowment takes $63 million hit during stock nose-dive
  
• Election brings new direction to CU Board of Regents
  
• CU hosting assistive-technology conference
  

Coloradoan:

• Ritter weighs in on Penley’s replacement at CSU
  
• How Penley built a legacy
  
• Departure starts dominos
  

Sentinel:

• White wants compromise with energy sector

November 11, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU endowment drops $63 million in market meltdown
  

 

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU regents board to be more diverse
  

Daily Camera:

• CU's student center a 'living memorial' for veterans
  
• 'Green' card: CU student group teaches state-sanctioned pot use
  
• CU endowment takes $63 million hit during stock market nose-dive
  

 Coloradoan:

• CSU to help launch center
  

 The Campus Press:

• Why is tuition so high?
  

November 12, 2008

Denver Post:

• Ex-president Penley gets housing allowance under exit agreement with CSU
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Even Harvard feels bite from economic downturn
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students help transform Mapleton
  

Coloradoan:

• Colorado State students put networking skills to the test
  

November 13, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• Investor’s give $15.5 million to CSU spinoff
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU may split president, chancellor roles
  

November 14, 2008

Daily Camera:

• NASA awards CU $2 Million for sounding rockets
  

Chieftain:

• CSU System – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Agency gives Mesa State good credit rating but notes challenges
  

November 15-17, 2008

Denver Post:

• CU takes a deeper look at potential students
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Energy lab eyes growth
  

Chieftain:

• Pueblo is working on great things – Opinion
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State evaluates programs
  

November 18, 2008

Denver Post:

• Pricey tuition moves onto list of luxuries
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to spend up to $785K on branding effort
  

Chieftain:

• PCC unveils student health clinic
  

Reporter Herald:

• Grad requirements would mean more school for seniors

November 19, 2008

Denver Post:

• Allard interested in role at CSU
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• State casinos watch revenue tumble
  

Daily Camera:

• CU looks to grow construction budget by $77 million
  
• CU launches new study abroad program in China
  

Chieftain:

• Allard talks of interest in heading CSU system
  
• CSU System appoints new counsel
  

Tribune:

• Allard eyes CSU Chancellor job
  

Northern Colo. Business Report:

• CSU cuts $500,000 from administrative jobs
  

November 20, 2008

Denver Post:

• College, ex-chief reach accord
  
• CSU’s job offers clout without the election
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CCCS, fired president reach deal
  
• August 31, 1879: Higher Ed, Taller tales
  
• Allard to CSU? – Editorial
  

 

November 21, 2008

Denver Post:

• Spending a hard sell with voters
  
• Colo. student athletes to vie for scholarships
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Business incubator opens at School of Mines
  
• Drilling royalties for state: $178 million
  
• State needs to brace for tough fiscal times – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Three regents leaving CU board
  
• CU considers redefining full-time students
  
• CU buildings get multi-million budget increase
  
• CU to search for finance chief
  

Coloradoan:

• State Rep. considers CSU position
  

Sentinel:

• Buescher says he’d consider chancellor’s position at CSU
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Researchers expect boost if stem-cell research ban ends
  

November 22-24, 2008

Denver Post:

• Voters pulled lever and colleges hit the jackpot
  
• An Allard-CSU marriage would be a union born of folly
  
• CSU lab maps strategies for fighting wildfires
  

Daily Camera:

• Student fee reaps $1.5 million for CU
  
• Study abroad interest in China grows
  
• Obama’s election could draw more international students
  

Coloradoan:

• 2 men vying for CSU job share similar resume
  

Glenwood Springs Post Independent:

• Working to bring the focus to Western Slope issues

November 25, 2008

Denver Post:

• CSU gets $12.5 million grant
  

Daily Camera:

• Oral pre-tests equals more students passing calculus at CU
  
• Distinguished professors to lecture at CU event
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU names vet hospital director
  

November 26, 2008

Daily Camera:

• CU students feed the homeless for Thanksgiving
  

Tribune:

• The right man for the job? – Editorial
  

Fort Collins Now:

• Larry Penley, we hardly knew you
  

Steamboat Pilot & Today:

• Great Unknown – Guest Columnist
  

November 27-28, 2008

Denver Post:

• DU offers buyout to boost aid
  
• Allard for CSU Chief – Guest Commentary
  

Chieftain:

• Governor woos Asian connection for state
  
• CSU-P library work to scatter services
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU researcher discovers cause of rare leprosy
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Ritter upbeat on trade mission
  
• Daniels Fund supports ‘non-traditional’ students

November 29-30, 2008

Denver Post:

• Colorado dropouts establish problems early on
  
• Where's the tobacco money?
  
• No rush to raise severance taxes – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to release economic forecast
  

Tribune:

• Penley's gone but questions persist at CSU
  

Ft. Morgan Times:

• CSU offers online ag degree