Higher Ed Press Clips November 2009

November 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• Vets in college struggle with delayed GI Bill benefits
  
• Meditation space coming to new CU building
  

Daily Camera:

• ‘Focus’ looks ahead after sweep of CU-Boulder student elections
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU gets $1.2M to research water issues
  

Durango Herald:

• Hesperus dispute pesters State Land Board
  

November 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU mourns passing of former president Baughn
  
• UNC theater department’s faculty/student dynamic questioned
  

November 4, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU Boulder grad killed in mid-air crash
  

Colo. Springs Independent:

• Senate Majority Leader Morse casts about for pennies to throw at a big problem
  

November 5, 2009

AP:

• Colo. panel backs relaxing higher ed reporting
  

Denver Post:

• CSU study: Insulin levels may hold dementia key
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Panel kicks off higher ed flex debate
  

Greeley Tribune:

• On taxes, Berthoud holds out on Aims
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU ends wind farm partnership
  

Journal Advocate:

• Penry tours NJC's wind tech facility
  

GJ Sentinel:

• An educated idea
  

9 News:

• Malcom Farley's art exhibit to benefit Metro State

November 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter to propose cuts to K-12 education in 2010-11 budget
  
• Student found dead in Auraria dorm
  

In Denver Times:

• CCHE’s hackles raised by flex bill
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder researchers map bacteria on human bodies
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State smoking policy aired
  

Denver Daily News:

• Flexibility for higher education sought
  

November 7-9, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter’s proposed budget cuts education, taxes junk food, halts tax breaks
  
• Wingin’ it on medical-pot options – Columnist
  

In Denver Times:

• Community colleges struggle with enrollment explosion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder’s Alternative Breaks to offer international trips
  

Coloradoan:

• Old CSU building given a new life
  

November 10, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU-B launches provost search
  

Sentinel:

• CMC will seek state’s OK to offer 4-year degrees
  
• Ritter appoints 3 new Mesa State trustees
  

November 11, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter tells legislators everything on table in budget-cutting
  
• Smart Choice College Savings Plan gains FDIC protection
  
• A balancing act on state budget – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU group sending butterfly’s to space
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU planning to close print shop on Ft. Collins campus, cut 8 jobs
  

Denver Business Journal:

• FirstBank, CollegeInvest launch 529 savings plan
  

November 12, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU: Students shouldn't shoulder budget burden through huge tuition hikes
  

Grand Junction Sentinel:

• School funding on chopping block
  

In Denver Times:

• Now it’s education’s turn for cuts
  

Coloradoan:

• Every child should have equal education
  

November 13, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU regents give students a say in fees (whether they want it or not)
  

Daily Camera:

• CU regents approve green rules for campuses
  

Journal Advocate:

• NJC's latest theatre production gets audience involved
  

Greeley Tribune:

• UNC marketing guru collects national award
  

Press of Atlantic City:

• College fair in Atlantic City offers a world of options — and realities — to students
  

November 14-16, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student fees soar 60 percent in five years
  

Steamboat Pilot:

• CMC trustees OK 4-year degrees
  

Coloradoan:

• School funding cuts are reality of current times
  

Journal Advocate:

• NJC hoping to avoid further cutbacks
  

Times Call:

• Cuts coming, lawmakers warn
  

Washington Post:

• In-state students' admission obstacle: their home address
  

9 News:

• The time to hunt for college scholarships is now
  
• Pac-Man comes to life
  

November 17, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU budgeting for $21M shortfall
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU researcher to build wave simulator for Corps of Engineers
  

November 18, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado not expanding its competitiveness, economic report warns
  
• CSU team to develop levee guidelines
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU student employment study: Drop in jobs worsen
  

November 19, 2009

Denver Post:

• College president stands with victims
  
• Like a Gordian knot, state budget fit to be tied – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Higher ed funds may make ballot
  

November 20, 2009

Denver Post:

• Denver’s talent dividend – Guest Commentary
  

CNN:

• Students arrested after 32% tuition hike sparks protest
  

November 21-23, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado lawmakers approach budget cliff
  
• Urban debate contests sharpen learning, skills for college-bound students
  
• Change in financial forms aids independent students
  
• Is higher ed the new Big 3? – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Guggenheim Law Building was senator’s gift to Boulder
  
• CU-Boulder group using GPS to measure snow depth, water level
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU offers help to those not necessarily asking
  
• Ritter tabs Edwards for education board

November 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• Fake patients are just what the doctor ordered
  
• At UCD students can get rock’n’roll doctor’s advice
  

November 25, 2009

Chieftain:

• Big boost – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• UCCS student perseveres in face of tragedy, red tape, money woes
  

November 26-30, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU professor gets imperial medal for work on solving Japanese sarin-gas attacks
  
• Teaching now more active – Opinion
  

In Denver Times:

• Ed advisor Gianneschi leaving  gov’s office
  
• Colorado out of running for higher ed grant
  

Daily Camera:

• International CU students thankful for family experience
  

Tribune:

• UNC helps newcomers weather winter
  

MSN Money:

• Colorado’s CollegeInvest cuts savings-plan fee