Higher Ed Press Clips February 2009

February 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• Lawmaker seeks instate tuition for immigrants
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU chief makes believers of detractors
  

Daily Camera:

• Bill Owens: ‘Ward Churchill a plagiarist and a fraud’
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Deep cuts pain lawmakers
  

Ft. Morgan Times:

• CAP4K teacher tour coming to Ft. Morgan
  

February 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• Mixed grades for state education
  
• Naropa University plan calls for 20 percent growth
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colorado’s education reform gets mixed grades
  

Daily Camera:

• Meeting on William’s Village expansion
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P enrollment soars
• Adams state college makes $557,000 in cuts
  

February 4, 2009

Denver Post:

• DU adds CO detectors to housing
  
• A budget limit not set in stone – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Funding freeze leaves gigantic concrete shell at CU
  
• Ramen-bearing CU students to raise awareness of higher ed funding
  
• CU science center gets $1.1 million grant
  
• Empty  seats: Buffs struggle to fill Coors Event Center
  

Gazette:

• Tuition for illegals – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Community college leader resigns
  

February 5, 2009

Denver Post:

• Collegiate conference picks posh digs to discuss ending poverty
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Don’t overdo school drills – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU, neighbors discuss five-story dorm at Williams Village
  

Chieftain:

• More students – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Ritter appoints Price to Mesa board, reappoints Elliot
  

February 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colleges deserve gambling money – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Phillips to head CU business school program
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU student leaders eyeing fee increase
  

Sentinel:

• Panel nixes school safety measure
  

Journal Advocate:

• ‘Historic’ horse racing bill out of gate
  

February 7-9, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colleges see rush to retrain
  
• Alternative energy draws attention as second career
• CU chancellor tapped as president of Georgia Tech
  

Daily Camera:

• CU chancellor tapped for Georgia Tech Presidency
  
• Stimulus package could send billions to colleges and students
  
• CU marking black heritage month
  

Sentinel:

• Almost everything goes, cheaply, as Mesa State empties Campbell Center
  
• King’s bill gets drilled – Editorial
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU-Boulder chancellor Peterson named finalist for Georgia Tech presidency
  

9news:

• College goal Sunday offers advice, money to families
  

February 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU chancellor ‘best’ for GA. Tech
  

Daily Camera:

• CU chancellor finalist for Georgia Tech presidency
  
• CU students react to chancellor’s possible resignation
  
• Polis to discuss higher ed stimulus package at CU
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P recruiting materials wins awards
  
• No student votes
  

Reporter Herald:

• Front Range Brief – Preparing Students for workforce is meeting subject
  

February 11, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• Lawmaker calls for furloughs
  

Daily Camera:

• Georgia Tech could decide on Peterson later this month
  

February 13, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU research on ending mosquito borne disease advances
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Lawmaker calls for furloughs
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU audits trash for recyclables
  
• Consultants detail CSU’s needs
  

Northern Colorado Business Report

• Higher ed faces millions in cuts
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Interstate Commerce
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Shoe repair uptick leaving businesses well-healed
  

February 14-16, 2009

Denver Post:

• Students prep for a course to college
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Bacon headline only a matter of time
  
• Boulder aerospace industry an economic boon
  
• ACC’s auto tech program gears up for the future
  

Daily Camera:

• Boulder built spacecraft to search for Earth like planets
  

Coloradoan:

• Honor professor with your actions – Guest Commentary
  

Sentinel:

• Gambling on new casino revenue – Editorial
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Cuts stymie higher ed
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Enrollment numbers for UNC look promising
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Senate panel approves research funds
  

 

February 17, 2009

Denver Post:

• State finds renewed energy in stimulus package
• Public Service Academy can help our kids – Guest  Commentary
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Debate rages over cuts to close state budget gap
  

Daily Camera:

• CU biology professor pitches national reform
  

Coloradoan:

• Green jobs coming to Northern Colorado

Chieftain:

• The mother of invention

Colorado Daily

• Conservative professor: Ward Churchill firing a travesty – Guest Opinion

February 18, 2009

Sentinel:

• Some Mesa State programs could be phased out in stages

Colorado Daily

• Plugging in at CU

February 19, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• GOP lawmaker calls Caldara, Hillman, ‘losers’ and ‘has beens’
  
• Reality 101 for colleges – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU student group hosting ‘African Experience’
  

Sentinel:

• Budget cutting Mesa State still big engine of Grand Junction-area economy
  

February 20, 2009

Denver Post:

• Marostica, GOP shut door on budget-issue feud
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Bill Ayers coming to CU to defend Ward Churchill
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s visual arts complex back on track
  

Chieftain:

• Legislature to consider dropping spending cap
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State applies for acceptance into network for international study
  

February 23, 2009

Denver Post:

• Green boom echoes tech
  
• College aid form a test
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU designs program to test if carbon is friend or foe
  

Daily Camera:

• Applications to CU drop after record year
  
• CU raising eating disorder awareness
  
• CU switching email provider to Microsoft
  

Coloradoan:

• Chancellor will boost CSU profile
  

Chieftain:

• Education notes
  

Reporter Herald:

• Colorado ready to use green funding

February 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Global warming satellite with CSU tie crashes
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Nonresident applications drop 19.5 percent at CU
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU to invest in Ion Engineering
  

Reporter Herald:

• Soldier fights for in-state tuition bill
  

February 25, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU announces space-science initiative
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Tuition hikes of up to 9% under review
  

Daily Camera:

• CU professor’s powder measles vaccine expected to save lives
  
• Georgia Tech chooses Peterson
  
• Boulder valley kids learn with wind, sun and water
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P grad helps school get cars to work on
  

Associated Press:

• Demand for GED classes increase with job losses
  

February 26, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU chancellor field must be adept at pruning
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• DU breaks ground on education building
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Chancellor Bud Peterson leaving for Georgia Tech
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU casts own net in search for new chancellor
  

Chieftain:

• CSU board okays two more residence halls
  
• CSU-P seeks approval to offer master’s in history
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CSU splits chancellor, president positions
  

February 27, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU group protests fees
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Attorney holds off action over CU fee
  

Daily Camera:

• Economy putting squeeze on CU students’ search for housing
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P to host math history events
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU third in charitable giving