Higher Ed Press Clips December 2009

December 1, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU ranks number 12 in nation with 1,257 students studying abroad
  
• Maxed out or stressed out? CU starts ‘financial literacy’ program for students
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU mulls concealed weapons ban
  

Gazette:

• UCCS gallery will take over FAC Modern space
  

December 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU officials weigh a gun ban; student leaders disagree
  
• State needs a long-term plan for financial stability, chamber chief says
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student wins Marshall Scholarship
• CU Foundation hits gift-giving season
  

Chieftain:

• ASC looks to sun for campus power
  

December 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU officials worried that low state funding may imperil med school’s accreditation
  
• Highlands Ranch considers open-space sale to college
  
• CSU student vote favors allowing guns
  
• Colorado prepares its teachers – Opinion
  

In Denver Times:

• Is it too late for higher ed strategic plans
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder engineers dream up catapulting cans, solar-powered ski lifts
  

Durango Herald:

• Ft. Lewis College biggest loser in budget proposal
  

December 4, 2009

Denver Post:

• Pair of Colorado students among 2010 Rhodes Scholars
  
• CSU joins “international water community”
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder explores banning plastic bottles
  

Education News Colorado:

• Higher ed strategic plan has a name
  

Sentinel:

• Plan trims college funds to ’05 level
  

December 5-7, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU students, staff split as board moves toward concealed weapons ban
  
• CU med school strong- for now – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student flash mob pushes climate change laws
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU professors teach business and economics in Vietnam
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU gathers more than $300 million in pledges
  

December 8, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU gun ban is the right call – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student group pushing for cage-free eggs
  

December 9, 2009

Denver Post:

• State fiscal panel accomplished a lot – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder’s Norlin Commons 24-hour study lounge a huge  
  
• Guns and campus: CU’s stance in zombie game right on – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo to add new master’s degrees
  
• PCC has ban on weapons
  

AP:

• For-profit colleges haul in gov’t aid

December 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• GOP lawmaker plans bill to undo CSU concealed-weapons ban
  
• Legislators crafting bill changing how teachers, principals evaluated
  
• Helping all kids get an education – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder to hold ‘topping-off’ ceremony for Center for Community building
  
• CU-Boulder students charging up with Samsung mobile outlets
  

Chieftain:

• Harvard prof to deliver ASC graduation speech

December 11, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado’s new educational standards stress strategic thinking
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P foundation fundraising for endowment
  

December 12-14, 2009

Denver Post:

• Metro state turns to stimulus bonds for new building
  
• UC Denver seniors engineer a win with Summitville mine plan
  

Daily Camera:

• Greening CU-Boulder’s dorms
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU construction: A students perspective
  

Chieftain:

• New degrees – Editorial
  

Steamboat Today:

• High school seniors applying for college and scholarships
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Study: Colorado teacher prep programs weak
  

December 15, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ft. Lewis students want pot penalty same as booze
  
• Larimer Commissioner Rennels takes CSU post
  

Daily Camera:

• Final beam goes up on CU’s Center for Community building
  
• Three more days: CU-Boulder will graduate 2,278 on Friday
  

Gazette:

• Colorado’s teacher prep programs not so hot, report says
  

Greely Tribune:

• UNC names law enforcement veteran as chief of police
  

Longmont Times Call:

• Colleges right to set their own weapons rules – Editorial
  

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

• No tuition-tax resolution comes from meeting

December 16, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Midnight oil burning at CU-Boulder as finals keep students up all night
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU proposing to eliminate 10 positions as Ft. Collins building projects wind down

Sentinel:

• CSU closing Rogers Mesa research station in budget move

December 17, 2009

Denver Post:

• Golden companies, CU put new ideas in orbit
  

Daily Camera:

• Boulder textbook buyer alleges unfair treatment by CU
  

News Channel 13:

• Ritter to meet with Colo. college presidents
  

Gazette:

• Firm looks to therapies based on UCCS professor’s research
  

December 18, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter announces panel to seek ways to improve higher-education funding
  
• DPS graduation rate higher, but only about half finish on time
  

Daily Camera:

• What recession? CU-B grads still celebrating
  

Chieftain:

• Higher ed official: Ritter diminishing CCHE role
  

Durango Herald:

• Ritter forms group on future of colleges
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Ritter launches panel to create higher-ed plan
  

AP:

• Governor proposes study of Colo. higher education
  

December 19-22, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado universities offer gun storage to students
  

Daily Camera:

• Three CU profs elected to prestigious science association
  

Coloradoan:

• Higher ed key to sustainable economy – Editorial
  

Ed News Colorado:

• CSU online growing, but slowly
  

9News:

• Scholarship aims to boost number of minorities in medicine
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Ritter appoints Monfort, Lyons to lead new higher education panel

December 24, 2009

Coloradoan:

• Battery research leads to CSU startup company
  

December 25-28, 2009

Denver Post:

• Another stall on higher ed crisis? – Editorial
  
• Bill to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants with 3 years of Colo. high school on hold until 2011
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder to phase out academic-support resident position
  

Coloradoan:

• 2009 a year of change for CSU’s leadership
  

Gazette:

• A new weapon in Springs’ health arsenal: Education

December 29, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder students build tiny spacecraft
  

Chieftain:

• Every high school dropout is costly to our community – Guest Opinion  
  

Post Independent:

• CMC programs being assessed amid budget concerns