Higher Ed Press Clips October 2009

October 1, 2009

Denver Post:

• Metro State guarantees teacher graduates will be ready for classroom
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State student contracts swine flu
  

Channel 7 News:

• State tire dumps deemed hazardous
  

October 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• State audit blasts Colorado’s CollegeInvest
  
• Difficulty doling out student aid – Editorial
  
• Great teachers of your money back! – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Reforms made at CU in wake of alleged embezzlement
  

October 3-5, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colo. Education Commissioner pays back state for personal calls
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student leaders launch University Hill clean-up effort
  
• CU to stay funded by state cash
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State honors distinguished grads
  

Summit Daily News:

• CMC Breckenridge enrollment explodes
  

Chronicle of Higher Education:

• Rocky start for Colorado State U.’s online-education start-up
  

October 6, 2009

Denver Post:

• Education achievement gap is a threat to Colorado’s future
  

Daily Camera:

• CU bracing for cuts through 2011
  

Coloradoan:

• Molson Coors CEO shares advice with CSU students
  

October 7, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ruling at Metro puts the teeth back in tenure – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Students hunt for jobs at CU-Boulder’s fall career fair
  
• Student produced CU Independent seeking new home
  

Coloradoan:

• Green report card gives CSU a C+ in sustainability
  
• CSU President Frank asks departments to consider cuts of 17%
  
• City, CSU celebrate mutual history
  

October 8-13, 2009

Denver Post:

• Club 20 urges lawmakers to oppose cuts to higher ed
  
• Stimulus will save higher-ed jobs in Colorado
  
• Analysis suggests increased Colorado state jobs may be overstated
  
• CU president wants state to allow more foreign students
  
• Fixing state’s budget, despite political risks – Editorial
  
• The tuition escalator – Columnist
  

Colorado Daily:

• CU extends career ladder to alumni
  

Coloradoan:

• Homecoming events aimed at uniting CSU, community
  
• Commissioners deny CSU appeal on power substation
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU prof  receives NIH grant to study cellular protein
  

Tribune:

• UNC considers nutrition degree
  

9News:

• Another 9 percent tuition hike proposed for Colorado colleges
  

October 14, 2009

Denver Post:

• Gov. Ritter cuts his use of state planes but comes under GOP criticism
  
• CSU researchers using $917,000 federal grant to improve a breathing apparatus for firefighters
  
• Lakewood small businesses can get free energy audits
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder skips Solar Decathlon this year, citing high costs
  

October 15, 2009

Denver Post:

• Democrats to push in-state college tuition for undocumented students
  
• Colorado 4th, 8th grade math scores gain
  
• College students’ gambling draws little deterrence from campus officials
  

Daily Camera:

• CU asks court to bill Ward Churchill $52,000 for case fees
  

Coloradoan:

• Students help others at CSU’s annual food drive
  

Aspen Times:

• Colorado Democrats seek illegal immigrant college tuition
  

9News:

• Realizing the dream of education
  

October 16, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter names new director for higher-ed department
  
• STEMapalooza sews seeds for math, science careers
  
• Billions short on Coloradans’ wish list for state services
  
• CU to build “interstellar weather” telescopes
  

Daily Camera:

• CU stalls construction projects, seeks $32M for biotech building
  

Denver Business Journal:

• DORA chief Munn named head of Colorado Department of Higher Education
  

Fox 31:

• Munn named new head of Colorado Department of Higher Education
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Quick Takes: Colorado Gov. taps cabinet member to head higher ed agency
  

October 19, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado college chiefs say they are hiring only the staff they can’t do without
  
• CU-Boulder considering parking ban
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder junior launching Pagan student alliance
  

In Denver Times:

• Fiscal panel starts to make choices
  

Durango Herald:

• FLC pursues field station in Hesperus
  

October 20, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU officials ponder privatization to boost revenue
  
• Five Colorado institutions rank on Princeton Review’s “The Best 371 Colleges”
  
• Colorado Supreme Court gives go-ahead to schools funding trial
  

News Channel 13:

• CSU-P considering tobacco ban on campus
  

October 21, 2009

Denver Post:

• Worthy debate over state jobs – Editorial
  
• Privatizing CSU would be too extreme – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Applicants foregoing ‘dream schools’ in recession
  

Sentinel:

• Court must balance all of State’s needs – Editorial
  

October 22, 2009

Denver Post:

• Chancellor Gershen leaving CU
  

Daily Camera:

• Nobel laureate Tom Chech returns to Boulder campus and classroom
  

Chieftain:

• CCCS chief says no to funding cuts
  

October 23, 2009

Daily Camera:

• Hazmat called to CU-Boulder’s Ekeley science building over water spill
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P kicks off environmental summit
  

AP:

• Colo. college leaders seek higher ed rescue plan
  

Times Call:

• University officials say higher ed an investment
  

KUNC:

• CSU & CU officials tout research
  

October 24-26, 2009

Sentinel:

• Mesa State chief wants more control over purse strings

Durango Herald:

• Bill Ritter: Industry key to Colorado economy

Daily Camera:

• CU chemistry students limited by aged building
• CU's Andrews Hall gets green look, professor as a resident

Times Call:

• Colorado needs higher-education funding solution
  

The Daily News:

• I-1033: Similarities don't add up in Colorado comparison
  

October 27, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter to reveal plan to rebalance Colorado’s budget
  
• Lawsuit over state’s school funding as inadequate far-reaching
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Boulder receives 100 doses of H1N1 vaccine
  
• CU’s Andrews Hall gets green look, professor as a resident
  
• CU Boulder student-government candidates lay out goals
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU lecture pushes Ritter’s renewable energy agenda
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P draws variety of speakers
  

October 28, 2009

Denver Post:

• Stimulus money a “lifeline” for Colorado
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to spend $2M on new look for UMC
  
• CU student works to build a better chicken coop
  

Fox 31:

• Bracing for the latest budget bloodbath
  

October 29, 2009

Denver Post:

• Ritter cuts heavily from higher ed, but would refill budget with stimulus funds
  
• Drastic measures for state’s budget – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Time to think about higher education – Editorial
  
• CU’s Boulder campus to reopen today, snowstorm continues
  

Sentinel:

• Higher education hit again in new budget

October 30, 2009

Denver Post:

• Too many students drop out of school – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• Computer programmers to compete in ‘Battle of the Brains’ at CU-B
  
• Voters scarce as CU-B students wrap up
  

In Denver Times:

• Consolidate universities to minimize impact of budget cuts