Higher Ed Press Clips July 2009

July 1, 2009

Denver Post:

• Panels back ABC’s of new grad criteria in Colorado
  

Daily Camera:

• More cash comes CU’s way
  

Chieftain:

• Budget cuts – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU, higher ed meet at funding crossroads – Editorial
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• The evidence on online education
  

Colorado Daily:

• Ruling could come Wednesday on Ward Churchill’s reinstatement
  

Education News Colorado:

• A big education task is finished
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• Colo. Education officials take early step in setting new standard

July 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• Churchill decision in the hands of judge
  
• Churchill’s return to CU not a sure thing – Guest Commentary
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU appeals order to release recording
  

Chieftain:

• PCC offers psych technician program
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Stimulus helps, but higher ed still scrimps
  

July 3-6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Bipartisan group try to find balance in Colorado’s fiscal stability
  
• Mayor Hickenlooper wants database to help track kids’ trends
  
• Colorado casinos and colleges poised to profit from new gambling rules
  
• UNC prof arrested in child-exploitation case
  
• CU researchers explore ways to cure altitude sickness
  

Daily Camera:

• GRE will give glimpse of students’ personality
  

July 7, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU names new assistant dean of students
  
• CU, NASA developing space internet
  
• CU findings could help prevent adult epilepsy
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Study: Colorado government faces fiscal crisis
  

July 8, 2009

Denver Post:

• Churchill won’t be reinstated
  
• CU’s debt to Churchill: Zip – Editorial
  
• Ruling on Churchill vindicates CU – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Sterling city attorney running for CU regent
  
• No job, no money for Churchill
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P plans registration day
  
• College fund – Editorial
  

July 9, 2009

Denver Post:

• Anger aimed at prof, UNC over sex conduct
  
• No raises, furlough day for state workers
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s ethnic studies sees growing interest
  
• CU billing Churchill up to $50,000 in legal expenses
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU team working on boosting lithium-ion battery
  

July 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• Teacher, alumni: No boundaries set at UNC
  
• UNC allegations need full review – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU attracts record number of National Science Foundation fellows
  
• CU receives $10.4 million in stimulus cash for research
  

Chieftain:

• Adams State breaks ground on new dorm, stadium
  

Education News Colorado:

• Higher ed budget back in play
  

July 13, 2009

Denver Post:

• UNC: No limits on misconduct probe
  
• State’s budget future ghastly – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU awarded $42 million NASA contract
  
• CU library gets coffee shop, all-night study lounge
  

Chieftain:

• University serves those who serve the U.S.
  

Gazette:

• Imagine a top-notch research university
  

Steamboat Pilot & Today:

• CSU president, football coach come to Steamboat

July 14, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU offers physics lecture to public
  
• CU's program for migrant workers gets federal boost
  

State Bill News:

• Merit Aid Victim Of Budget, Policy Shift
  

Coloradoan:

• Teachers getting with the times
  

Education News Colorado:

• Higher ed budget back in play
  
• Merit aid victim of budget, policy shift
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Flu shutters UNC youth camp
  

July 15, 2009

Associated Press:

• Going back to college, this time just for fun
  
• Some undergrads shave a year off college to save
  

Gazette:

• Colorado College's conservation campaign pays off
  

Greeley Tribune:

• 5 students at UNC camp first Swine flu cases in Weld
  

Education News Colorado:

• Pedagogy for professors? Quelle horreur!
  

Slate.com:

• Community College Organizer
  

July 16, 2009

Coloradoan:

• Workers needed for future jobs
  

Daily Camera:

• CU, summer camps grapple with swine-flu precautions
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Trustees discuss theater prof
  

Holyoke Enterprise:

• CCCS leads effort to increase gender balance in state workforce
  

CBS 4:

• Stimulus Jobs Tally Won't Be Ready Until Fall
  

 

July 17, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU Leaders Stump for More Funding
  

Chronicle of Higher Education

• New Study Takes a Crack at Measuring Higher Education's Productivity
  

Vail Daily

• CU President to Visit Vail
  

Steamboat Pilot

• CSU President, Football Coach Come to Steamboat
  

The Coloradoan

• Suggestions Could Fix Budget Crisis

July 18-20, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU following Apollo’s footsteps
  
• Faculty, alums: Talent outweighs Fulkerson
  
• Here’s what it will take to balance Colorado’s budget – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU president outlines goals
  
• Boulder scientists still look to the moon
  

July 21, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter asks for waiver on stimulus
  
• FRCC enrollment rising
  

Daily Camera:

• Dollars down, donors up in CU fundraising
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU, media organizations agree to settle lawsuit
  

Chieftain:

• Higher ed funding source needed
  

July 22, 2009

Denver Post:

• Donations to CU down 18 percent from previous year
  

Daily Camera:

• Student leaders from across the nation gather at CU
  
• CU seeks exemption to grow international enrollment
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State will rent textbooks at lower cost than buying
  

July 23, 2009

Denver Post:

• Churchill appeal says judge erred
  
• CSU to pay lawyer fees, release recording to settle media’s suit
  
• UNC police chief heading to CSU
  

Daily Camera:

• Churchill juror slams judge’s ruling on reinstatement
  

Coloradoan:

• Recording: CSU board leader criticized lawmakers’ “un-Christian attitudes”
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CU Foundation to outsource portfolio management
  

NY Times:

• Investing in colleges
  
• Colorado town bets on gambling
  

July 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Marostica exit forces moves in House
  

Daily Camera:

• CU, NASA researchers exploring Arctic Sea
  

Chieftain:

• Chancellor Blake – Editorial
  

July 25-27, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Three CU students among Fulbright scholars
  
• CU’s Norlin Library to add a video-gaming system
  

Coloradoan:

• New CSU dorm sells out in 8 minutes
  

Chieftain:

• CSU chancellor’s lower pay not uncommon
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Colleges see dip in donor funds
  

Chronicle of Higher Education:

• Recording of Colorado board meeting reveals maneuvering over chancellorship
  

News4:

• Record fundraising year for School of Mines
  

July 28, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado at 40th in K-12 funds per student
  
• Great timing for two-year schools – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Colorado’s higher ed – Editorial
  

July 29, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter vows deep but “surgical” cuts to Colorado agencies
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to begin offering two-year MBA track
  

Sentinel:

• CSU leaders tout accomplishments, lament high tuition
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Cuts loom for Colorado colleges as panel faces state funding mess
  

July 30, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU-prof’s iPhone app lets users snoop out surroundings
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Time to cut dear old CU loose?
  
• Fiscal stability panel saves worst for last
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Colorado fiscal commission gets high-level advice on fixing state’s woes
  

News 4:

• Colorado lawmakers hear budget ideas from public

July 31, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU’s Dinegar hospitalized after collapse
• CSU president sets out new path for university
  
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students headed to Honduras
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s parking garage construction on track for January completion
  

News 7:

• Colleges brace for H1N1