Higher Ed Press Clips April 2009

April 1, 2009

Denver Post:

• Immigrants may get reprieve
  

Daily Camera:

• Judge dismisses one of Churchill’s two claims
  
• CU agrees to re-send student group’s censored e-mail
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State eyes tuition increase
  

April 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• Stash seen as budget fix
  
• Schedule shift saves tuition bill, riles GOP
  
• Hardball in the state legislature – Editorial
  
• Now, TABOR is on life support – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Churchill jury will resume deliberations Thursday
  

April 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• Higher ed runs risk of losing federal cash
  
• Tuition hike if cuts kept: up to 32%
  
• See Spot see: CSU to aid service dogs
  
• $1 win for Churchill
• Pinnacol closes wallet
  
  

 Daily Camera:

• Brown: Churchill's return to CU would be a 'travesty'
  
• CU students to vote on RTD fee hike
  

Sentinel:

• Professors making profits upsets students, ASG, and Pres. Foster
  

 Durango Herald

• Tuition measure moves forward
  

 Inside Higher Ed

• U.S. Offers More Guidance on State Stimulus Funds
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• OPINION: Rescinding an endorsement
  

April 4-6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Budget woes may force three R's into four days
  
• Tough choices on state budget
  
• Past immigrant tuition bill won votes from GOP
  

 Daily Camera:

• CU wants to set its own tuition
  
• UCSU members visit Congress to push legislation
  
• CU hopes to nab commitments from admitted students
  
• Conservative kick off to CWA
  

 Durango Herald:

• Higher education shouldn't face $300M cut
  
• Budget backfill
  

 Coloradoan:

• Proposed cuts rattle CSU officials
  
• Proposed cuts create opportunity
  
• Colo. lawmakers set to debate budget cuts
  

 Grand Junction Sentinel:

• Ritter not sold on raiding Pinnacol reserves
  
• Governor touts Ruby Pipeline as key to economic recovery
  
• Insurance firm fights to keep its assets safe
  
• Universities wooing out-of-state students
  

Colorado Independent:

• Bennet on the record: Supports DREAM Act for immigration reform
  

 7 News:

• Students Plan To Protest $300 Million In Higher Education Cuts
  

 Summit Daily News:

• School bill could bring extra stimulus bacon for Colorado
  

April 7, 2009

Denver Post:

• Dem shift halts tuition bill
  
• Students protest higher-ed cuts
  
• Churchill wants $1 million if he doesn't get CU job back
  

 Daily Camera:

• Colorado Senate panel looks at plan to fund higher ed
  
• CU looking to recruit international students
  

Coloradoan:

• Markey seeks $19.5 million in earmarks
  

 Grand Junction Sentinel:

• Pinnacol Assurance rallies customers to oppose budget plan
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• No in-state tuition for kids of illegal immigrants
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Gov. Bill Ritter: Keys to state’s economic recovery
  

 9News:

• Students rally against proposed higher education cuts
  
• Colo. Senate rejects illegal immigrant tuition
  

4 News:

• CSU Could Be Hit Hardest By Budget Cuts
  

April 8, 2009

Denver Post:

• Aggressive schools to reap reward
  
• Digging for fixes to cover budget
  
• Tuition backers vow to press on
  
• States probe fund in college plans’ losses
  
• Higher ed cuts not acceptable – Editorial
  
• State tuition bill’s failure showed a lack of courage – Editorial
  
• Carroll: Stop moralizing on tuition debate – Opinion
  
• Funding education in Colorado is a moral imperative – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• City leaders vow to fight CU’s proposed Grandview building
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU looks to add more beds
  

Chieftain:

• Budget patch stirs controversy
  
• The furor – Editorial
  
• Historians – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Senate panel OKs 2 bills targeting Pinnacol funds for budget crisis
  

April 9, 2009

Denver Post:

• Griego: Karma’s on tap for tuition deniers – Columnist
  
• Cuts pursued to rescue higher ed
  
• Colleges warn funding cuts mean tuition hikes
  
• Bill Owens: Pinnacol raid is wrong – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU, city at odds over Grandview plans
  
• Education needs a fix, raiding Pinnacol is not the easy answer – Editorial
  
• Sen. Shaffer: Why Pinnacol’s reserves should fund higher ed – Guest Opinion  
  

Chieftain:

• Lawmakers look for new higher ed funds
  

Sentinel:

• Colorado Senate looks for other budget cuts to spare higher ed
  

Valley Courier:

• Monte Vista High School to use pilot program

April 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• Senate closer to Pinnacol asset seizure
  
• CU vows to challenge Churchill reinstatement
  
• Will immigration reform finally become a reality – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to test emergency text-message system Monday
  
• Ft. Lewis College president to boycott Churchill speech
  

Coloradoan:

• Senate OK may spare higher ed funding
  

Sentinel:

• Senate rejects pay cuts for state employees
• Cutting to save higher ed – Editorial
  

April 11-13, 2009

Denver Post:

• Pinnacol digs in for Senate fight
  
• Sen. Groff named to education job in D.C.
  
• AG says Pinnacol assets off-limits
  
• Student loan debtors get breaks
  
• Options available for borrowers behind on student loans
  
• A risky gimmick to save higher ed – Editorial
  
• Innovation is the key to education reform – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• New CU student leader to seek reinstatement of fraternities
  
• CU students vote to hike fees, save RTD passes
  

Coloradoan:

• Higher ed can’t be last on funding list – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• PCC reaches more students with donated equipment
  

April 14, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter rejects cuts to colleges
  
• Nobel-winner Cech coming back to CU
  
• New CU student leaders want frats back
  
• Pinnacol-seizure opponents rally outside Capitol
  
• Colo. House to begin debate on state budget
  

Sentinel:

• Battle over company's funds rages
  

Daily Camera:

• CU offering students free alcohol screening
  
• Graduating CU students braving 'scary' job market
  

Vail Daily:

• Letter from Sen. Kopp
  

Tribune:

• Renfroe: Pinnacol plan violates law
  

Coloradoan:

• Budget formula bad for future
  

Summit Daily:

• Senate backs taking $500M from Pinnacol
  

Herald:

• Senate clears budget bill
  

Chieftain:

• Most remedial work is in math
  

April 15, 2009

Denver Post:

• Pinnacol blasted for pay, offices
  
• Crisis could be Ritter’s moment – Columnist
  

Daily Camera:

• CU student leaders battling apathy after low student turnout
  

Chieftain:

• College remediation classes add up
  
• House OKs Pinnacol fund take
  

Sentinel:

• Finding jobs harder than promised for recent nursing grads
  

Tribune:

• UNC students try going trayless at dining halls

April 16, 2009

Denver Post:

• Tough budget choices remain – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to participate in major tornado study
  

Coloradoan:

• Finally real work done on budget – Opinion
  

Chieftain:

• PCC to offer bachelor’s in health administration
  

Sentinel:

• Budget focus shifts to state worker furloughs, higher cigarette taxes
  
• Pinnacol protected for the time being – Opinion
  

Tribune:

• Stimulus brightens UNC’s prospects
  

April 17, 2009

Denver Post:

• Educator offers radical approach
  
• Mystery donor aids CU-Springs
  

Daily Camera:

• CU technique shrinks nanotech circuit
  

Chieftain:

• House OKs $17.9 billion state budget
  

April 18-20, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colleges wary of budget fix
  
• Nobelist prof’s return to Colorado seen as a boon for bioscience sector
  
• K-12 funding gets revised
  
• Getting creative on state budget – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Economy depending on CSU
  

Chieftain:

• Commission discusses skills students need to land jobs
  
• Basic flaws – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• College campuses learn to minimize odds
  

Valley Courier:

• Standards alignment meeting hosted at Adams State
  

Vail Valley:

• Economy complicates Vail Valley admissions
  

April 21, 2009

Denver Post:

• DiStefano only finalist for CU-Boulder chancellor
  
• Higher ed, higher salaries – Opinion
  
• Big education plan shrinks with economy
  

Daily Camera:

• DiStefano sole finalist for top job on CU-Boulder campus
  

Sentinel:

• Senate debates budget cuts
  

April 22, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU prodigy wins $250,000 fellowship
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P, PCC develop bachelor’s degree partnership
  
• CSU-P honors top facility and staff
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Tug of war over CCHE budget
  

April 23, 2009

Denver Post:

• College scholarships smooth rough past
  
• Budget plan sent to Governor
  
• State budget: Deal punctures
  

Daily Camera:

• CU law professor appointed to Justice Department
  

Chieftain:

• $17.9 billion state budget OK’d
  

Coloradoan:

• Penley won’t lead Idaho university
  
• CSU celebrates Earth Day with sustainability fair
  

April 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Talks may add voices on state budget
  
• Regis commits to wind power
  
• Reasonable fix for state budget -- Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s fraternities happy to stay independent
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Could you lend us a hand? – Guest Opinion (Scott Mendelsberg)
  

Chieftain:

• DU studies cost-benefits of health care reform
  

April 25-27, 2009

Denver Post:

• State budget will cut a wide swath
• Students offer national security ideas in Colo. Springs
  

Daily Camera:

• Calm before the end of semester storm at CU
  
• CU scientist to share in major research prize
  

Chieftain:

• PCC solar course lights up home on South Side
  

April 28, 2009

Coloradoan:

• CSU passes audit with ‘integrity’
  

7News:

• Denver modeling shuts down doors
  

April 29, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU senior jetting to Austria for paper plane contest
  

Journal Advocate:

• State looking at student readiness
  

April 30, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Finals stressful for CU’s profs too
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P math, science dean named
  

Colorado Daily:

• Churchill aiming to be back at CU for fall semester