Higher Ed Press Clips January 2009

January 1-2, 2009

Denver Post:

• Free us or fund us, say colleges
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Legislature 2009: Tweaking existing programs on agenda
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students may get to vote on fees for construction projects
  

Free Press:

• Grand Junction attorney joins state autism panel

January 3-5, 2009

Denver Post:

• Moral obligation to fund higher education – Opinion
  
• CSU’s president preparing staff for more cutbacks
  

Daily Camera:

• Making things click in class
  
• Benson wants freedom to raise tuition
  
• 2008 was not all bad – Columnist
  

Chieftain:

• Legislature faces same problems
  

Coloradoan:

• Frank: CSU layoffs likely
  
• Tony Frank not acting like placeholder at CSU
  
• CSU professor’s path leads to animal ethics
  

Colorado Biz Today:

• University of wherever you are

January 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado Gov. Ritter tiers cuts to budget
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Midterm Report:  How does Ritter rate on campaign promises?
  

Coloradoan:

• Hard times ahead for higher ed
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State sets enrollment record
  
• Education reform requires holding students accountable – Guest Opinion
  

Tribune:

• Weld county commissioners notify CSU of efforts to reorganize Extension
  
• Students take a step backwards – Editorial
  

January 7, 2009

Denver Post:

• CBI joins probe of CSU’s top cop
  
• All of school’s seniors accepted to college
  
• Colo. grows via move-ins
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Lawmakers, governor must focus on budget, jobs – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Service amid conflict
  

Coloradoan:

• Students feel pinch of tighter aid higher tuition
  
• CSU appoints three-member panel to investigate campus police Chief Yarbrough
  

Chieftain:

• PCC steps up efforts to register students

January 8, 2008

Denver Post:

• A state of quiet determination – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU study: Bird flu evolving to fend off drugs
  

January 9, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU’s online school lays off twelve
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Governor keeps focus on jobs and budget – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Layoffs hit CSU online venture
  

Daily Camera:

• Hank Brown teaching course on health reform
  
• CU lands on ‘best value’ list
  

Journal-Advocate:

• Officials respond to state report on remediation

January 10-12, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• DPS grads face remedial work
  

Coloradoan:

• Ritter urges wide search
  

Daily Camera:

• State higher education report: College in Colorado affordable
  
• NASA grants CU $17 million
  

Chieftain:

• Enrollment up at college, university
  

Gazette:

• UCCS professor wins top award
  
• Lobbyists shift to defense in hard economic times – Opinion
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU students peer into the future
• CU lands on ‘best value’ list
  

Journal-Advocate:

• Officials respond to state report on remediation

January 13, 2009

Denver Post:

• Casino towns ante up for ‘09
• A dairy duo’s dedication
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Shooting near CSU kills 1
  
• Black Hawk’s fortunes decline with economy
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s College Democrats oppose hiring of right-wing prof
  
• CU rises to no. 2 on Peace Corps list
  

Examiner.com:

• Deadlines loom for college budget cuts
  

January 14, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• Regents weigh plans for CU dorm, institute
  
• Black Hawk voters back higher stakes
  

Daily Camera:

• CU bracing for state cuts
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU promotes power project
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P showcases solar system
  

January 15, 2009

Denver Post:

• Planned chair at CU lacks funding
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• School budget cuts ‘going to be ugly’
  

Daily Camera:

• Student funding of construction projects up for debate at CU
  
• Conservative D’souza, atheist Hitchens to debate God at CU
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State College drawing smaller percentage of students from inside county
  

Gazette:

• Students balk at diversity – Opinion
  

January 16, 2009

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU, CSU limit 2008 losses
  

Chieftain:

• Public input sought on CSU chancellor qualities
  
• CSU-P president publishes article on ed article
  

January 17-20, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter’s gains go into reverse
  
• Auraria center obtains 13.5 acres
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colorado colleges must slash $30 million
  

Daily Camera:

• Students cheer volunteer credit
  
• Living MLK’s dream at CU
  

Chieftain:

• Enrollment rise helps university amid budget cuts
  
• CSU online class may become official
  

Tribune:

• University endowment in midst of mixed year
  

Sentinel:

• College bound student seek financial aid
  

January 21, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU hospital site rezoning OK’d
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Central City voters okay $100 bets, no voting
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Students: Speech inspiring
  
• The Chancellorship – Editorial
  

January 22, 2009

Denver Post:

• State mulls furloughs for employees
  
• Suspended CSU top cop drew multiple complaints
  
• School safety bill has good intentions, but… - Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Casinos’ unlucky numbers
  
• CSU top cop says taped remarks taken out of context
  

Daily Camera:

• CU wins Air Force competition, will see satellite launched in 2011
  
• Regent Lucero announces candidacy for U.S. House
  

January 24-26, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado could get $1.3 billion from economic stimulus
  
• How the state can save $600 million a year – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• College loans and grants may be cut
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s top cop visits station
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Ritter pumps up bioscience sector
  

The Statesmen:

• Higher ed braces for cuts
  

Journal Advocate:

• CSU board of governors stakeholder meeting at NJC
  

January 27, 2009

Denver Post:

• Input sought on high school standards
  
• New group aids aerospace innovation
  
• $2.9 Billion stake for Colo.
• Senator offers plan to free $100 million for schools
  

Daily Camera:

• Financial aid outpacing tuition hikes at CU
  
• CU prof lands $3.6 million in funding from Defense Department
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU inventions swelling thanks to super clusters
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU interim president warns students of cuts
  

Tribune:

• UNC expects minimum amount of pain from first round of state cuts
  

January 28, 2009

Denver Post:

• $196 million in education cuts in Ritter’s proposal
  
• Colo. budget cuts to be broad, deep
  
• Auraria crime effort targets female victims
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Prison closures, education cuts needed, Ritter says
  
• UCD program targets violence on campus
  

Daily Camera:

• CU facing $6 million more in cuts next year
  
• CU students launch web-development club
  

Chieftain:

• Adams State trimming budget as state cutbacks loom
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State will remodel plant to house growing degree programs
  

January 29, 2009

Denver Post:

• Casino pot raises ante in funding struggle
  

Coloradoan:

• Former CSU President Penley up for president at Idaho school
  

Gazette:

• Study aimed at shaping area’s future
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State says it expects to lose $1.6 million
  

Times Call:

• Senate OKs Shaffer’s “Troops to Teachers” bill
  

January 30, 2009

Denver Post:

Fixing the state constitution – Guest Commentary
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_11584551

Rocky Mountain News:

• In-state tuition bill gets support
  
• Bring illegal immigrants out in the open, Ritter says
  

Chieftain:

• PCC science guy top prof
  
• Book rental a hit at PCC
  
• The chancellor – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Construction funds for colleges to be diverted for other purposes
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• State cuts close to home