Higher Ed Press Clips August 2009

August 1-3, 2009

Denver Post:

• Lawyer plans to sue Colo. Stat over TABOR
  
• Find out how to save on college textbooks
  

Daily Camera:

• Back to campus: Boulder bustles with students
  

Greeley Tribune:

• UNC prof leads project to discover how Ute survived

9News:

• CSU global campus attracts many students
  

August 4, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Dual-flush toilets help CU’s greening efforts
  

Steamboat  Pilot & Today:

• CU president stopping by Steamboat today
  

August 5, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU Boulder hosting international Fulbright scholars
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s wind farm deal in jeopardy
  

Chieftain:

• Longtime college leader dies
  

Craig Daily Press:

• CU President visits rotary club
  

August 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Metro State gives up faculty merit bonuses
  

Daily Camera:

• Federal stimulus money pays for student research
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter: No tax hike to balance budget in 2010
  
• Marvin Knudson – Editorial
  

August 7, 2009

Coloradoan:

• Students get flaming reminder of safety rules
  

Daily Camera:

• CU shatters record for research grants
  
• Developer wants to convert former CU frat house
  

Chieftain:

• More science students sought at CSU-Pueblo
  

Gazette:

• UCCS opening doors to 'desperately needed' science building
  

August 8-10, 2009

Denver Post:

• Metro State cold case club set to solve
  
• Many who lag in 3 R’s will stay behind
  
• Brough to head Denver Metro Chamber
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State will open new dorm this week
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU sets record with $711.5M in sponsored research funds
  

August 11, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Ritter will be guest at CU wind symposium
  
• CU prof to help curb obesity, health issues in poor neighborhoods
  
• CU hosting nation’s first major biochar conference
  

August 12, 2009

Denver Post:

• UC Denver boosts research assault on MS
  

Daily Camera:

• Report: More college students borrowing money
  

Ed  News Colorado:

• Remediation trumps growth – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Students begin to fill new dorm at Mesa State
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P planning to build squash court
  

August 13, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Educators learn how to liven up virtual classrooms
  

Chieftain:

• College set to pass enrollment goals
  
• CSU-P to rethink ties to charter school
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• Wind power experts gather at CU
  

August 14-17, 2009

Denver Post:

• Lab, university partnership sees potential blowing in the wind
  
• Visionary educator led in Pueblo
  
• Teacher identifier requires flexibility – Opinion
  
• TABOR backer joins joint budget committee
  
• DU has new education dean
  

Daily Camera:

• Wind research center launched in Boulder
  
• Payscale.com ranks colleges on earning potential
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU prepares for the swine flu
  
• Policy change keeps CSU police close to campus

Chieftain:

• Colleges plan events to ring in fall semester
  

Tribune:

• UNC reverses enrollment decline, expects modest increase in freshman class
  

August 18, 2009

Denver Post:

• Cuts, fee hikes in Ritter’s budget plan
  

Daily Camera:

• Adviser: CU making progress against gender violence
  

Chieftain:

• PCC ‘renaissance’ continues
  
• Enrollment at PCC up 28 percent
  

Sentinel:

• Mavs back in record numbers
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU to offer Green Homes Certificate this fall
  

August 19, 2009

Denver Post:

• Gov. Ritter’s budget-balancing act means “a lot of sacrifices”
  
• Litwin: Tired of crises? Then let’s get serious
  
• This budget minimizes pain – Guest Commentary
  
• Ritter’s budget a credible plan – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Freshmen descend on dorms
  

Coloradoan:

• Ritter takes scalpel to budget
  

Chieftain:

• Growth, change greet CSU-P students
  
• University student housing opens to kudos

August 20, 2009

Chieftain:

• CSU-P enrollment soars again
  
• OJC students get new digs
  
• CSU-P president touts Fountain studies
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU Boulder, Mines tie for 77th place on U.S. News best colleges list
  

August 21, 2009

Denver Post:

• Rush is on at community colleges
  

Daily Camera:

• CU adding 6 police officers, studying late-night parking
  
• CU ranks 34 on list of public universities
  
• CU tops Sierra Magazine’s green honor roll
  

Chieftain:

• ASC enrollments near 36-year high
  
• PCC grows – Editorial
  

August 22-24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Tough time to find tuition
• Colorado higher-ed leader sees disaster ahead
  
• Greigo: Low-income kids must know there’s a way out
  
  

Daily Camera:

• CU sees increased interest in graduate school
  
• Students hopeful on eve of CU’s fall semester
  
• Freshman experience not so ‘fresh’ with social networking
  
• CU’s $825 M endowment shifts to Wall Street firm
  

Chieftain:

• Career decision
  
• A new dorm – Editorial
  
• CSU-Pueblo grows – Editorial
  

CBS4:

• CU has plan in case of H1N1 flu outbreak
  

August 25, 2009

Denver Post:

• Reprieve from Colorado education cuts won’t last
  

Daily Camera:

• Registration portal down on first day
  
• CU: Ward Churchill pulling ‘publicity stunt’
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU mechanical engineering professor earns Albertson medal
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P convocation postponed because of rain
  

August 26, 2009

Denver Post:

• Campuses in Colorado gird for flu
  
• Colorado students above average in SAT’s
  

Daily Camera:

• CU overhauling outdated diversity policies
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU: Fort Collins campus student may have H1N1 swine flu
  

August 27, 2009

Denver Post:

• Close the gap on test scores – Editorial
  
• CSU expelled sorority amid allegations of hazing
  

Daily Camera:

• CU scientists help break ice core record
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU encourages strong relationships – Guest Opinion
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P unveils new website
  
• Pepsi grant dresses up CSU-P
  

August 31, 2009

Denver Post:

• School funds may not be spared from cuts
  
• Colorado higher-ed director Skaggs resigns
  
• 49 CU-Boulder students have flu
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder theft reports up 64 percent over last year
  

Chieftain:

• State offers help to pay rising tuition
  

Ed News Colorado:

• David Skaggs quits as higher ed chief
  

Tribune:

• UNC earns teacher training grants
  
• UNC to lead nation study into advancement of women faculty
  
• Aims sees spike in aid applications
  

9News:

• CSU launches $500 M capital campaign