Higher Ed Press Clips February 2010

January 30 - February 1, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU says state never fully communicated changes in dental license law
  
• Prescription misuse found at CU dental school
  

Daily Camera:

• CU dental school drug policies get scrutiny
  
• Bruce Benson: CU’s ‘volunteer’ president
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s endowment rebounds
  
• Solar plan highlights CSU’s ‘green’ efforts – Editorial
  

In Denver Times:

• CU a leader in preparing STEM teachers
  

Denver Daily:

• Higher ed funding dilemma

February 2, 2010

Denver Post:

• DEA to probe dental prescription misuse at CU
  
• Gun group threatens to sue CSU over proposed ban
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder plans for $9.4 M more in cuts
  

Chieftain:

• Garvin resigns as PCC president
  

Vail Daily:

• CMC board discusses Edwards plans
  

Ft. Morgan Times:

• Locals give input on new state tests
  

February 3, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Pell grants could get a boost
  

Post Independent:

• State higher education department wants CMC to wait on four-year degree plan
  

February 4, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU dentists seek licenses as officials seek clearer law
  
• More students enrolled in Denver and state schools and on track to graduate
  
• CU-Nobelist to advise venture capital firm
  

Sentinel:

• College eyes new construction
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Community College of Denver to discontinue foundation board
  

Summit Daily:

• Gibbs: Colorado Mountain College should be a four-year college
  

February 5, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU Boulder ranks second in Peace Corps volunteers for second year in a row
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU reports strong fundraising in light of national declines in giving
  

February 6-8, 2010

Denver Post:

• New bill would allow students to transfer credits from for-profit colleges
  

Daily Camera:

• CU budget the topic at town hall meeting
  
• CU attracts $69M in grants
  
• CU applies for federal grant to help finish biotech hub
  
• CU could add master’s in law, Ph.D. in Asian languages
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU has reason to celebrate fundraising – Editorial
  

Ed News Colorado:

• “Leave it to the strategic plan”
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Many students still taking remedial classes in college
  

PR Urgent:

• Colorado’s direct portfolio college savings plan breaks $1B mark

February 9, 2010

Denver Post:

• Nearly one in three Colo. graduates needs remedial courses in college, study finds
  

News Channel 13:

• CSU-P launches iphone app
  

Northern Colo. Business Report:

• CSU leads research in weather modeling
  

February 10, 2010

Summit Daily News:

• Four year degrees a good idea for CMC? – Editorial
  

9News:

• Motivating students to reach for higher education
  

Online PR News:

• Coloradoans can double college savings through CollegeInvest’s Matching Grant Program
  

February 11, 2010

Denver Post:

• Lawyer, education supporter to sue Colorado over TABOR
  
• The vital role of land-grant universities – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Colorado universities are tops in awarding degrees
  
• Regent: CU faculty needs political diversity
  

Coloradoan:

• Legislature celebrates CSU system
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter appoints 2 to college panel
  

In Denver Times:

• Higher ed panel having a hard time (scroll down)
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Riesberg, panel to address higher ed funding in forum
  
• Colleges spend too much time, money teaching remedial courses – Editorial
  

February 12-15, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado may scrap tuition limit
  
• CU leaders urge regents to set tuition
  
• Otero Junior College gets grant to boost nursing
  
• Campus no place for gun culture – Columnist
  
• Higher ed needs a steady source of funding – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU likely to set tuition just before national commitment date
  
• CU-B still aiming for Flagship 2030 goals amid recession
  
• Alphabet soup: CU-Boulder’s UCSU to become CUSG?
  
• Sizing up CU’s new visual arts center
  

Longmont Times:

• Not all grads college ready
  

9News:

• The struggle on the road to a college degree
  

7 News:

• Tuition hike caps could be removed
  
• BOGO of sorts on money for college
  

 

February 16, 2010

Chieftain:

• Student test scores rank high
  

Westword:

• Josh Penry-John Morse idea to give university boards more leeway potentially dangerous
  

Denver Business Journal:

• UC Denver plans bioengineering department
  
• CU to search nationally for alumni association chief
  

9News:

• Free advice for college financial aid on Sunday
  

February 17, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU dental patient plans to sue school, surgeon
  

Chieftain:

• Higher-ed posts filled
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Higher ed needs stabilized funds
  

Glenwood Springs Post Independent:

• Rescheduled hearing on CMC bill takes place today
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• State needs a lesson in higher-ed affordability – Editorial
  

February 18, 2010

Denver Post:

• Regulators won’t decide on CU dentist’s license till at least March
  
• House gives initial OK to huge cuts to balance budget
  

Chieftain:

• PCC child care workshop will focus on new strategies
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-B students host ‘funeral’ for higher education funding
  
• CU-Boulder student campaign raises $80,000 so far for Haiti relief
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Foster uses tuition rally to make case
  

Aspen Daily News Online:

• CMC four-year degree bill moved by Senate committee
  

Glenwood Springs Post Independent:

• CMC bill clears senate committee hurdle by a 7-1 vote
  

Summit Daily News:

• Four-year degrees a good idea for the people of Summit County – Guest Opinion
  

Durango Herald:

• Mourning funding cuts
  

February 19, 2010

Denver Post:

• Prison boot camp to close as Ritter pares more to meet budget goals
  
• Petition backs concealed weapons on CSU campus
  

In Denver Times:

• Ritter holds the line on education cuts
  

Aspen Times:

• CMC bill sponsorship close to Sen. Schwartz’s heart
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU students rally for funding
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Ritter unveils new state budget plan
  

February 20-22, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado students turn out for free help on college financial aid application
  
• Definition of rich varies by income, place
• Colorado looks at overlapping programs at colleges, universities
  
  

Daily Camera:

• Out of state applications rebound at CU-Boulder
  
• CU Boulder tech transfer office squeezed by recession
  
• Budget cuts scrap scholarship program for low-income students
• Public confidence in higher ed declining
  
  

Coloradoan:

• Event helps college-bound students with financial forms
  
• CSU part of effort to study new cancer treatment
  

Durango Herald:

• Layoffs part of GOP’s ideas
• FLC names 3 finalists for presidency
  
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• Stimulus funds behind NIST fellowships
  

Journal Advocate:

• College Goal Sunday is here
  

Trinidad Times Independent:

• Evans receives top TSJC faculty Award
  

 

February 23, 2010

 

February 24, 2010

Denver Post:

• CSU approves separate concealed weapons policies for two campuses
  
• CSU to lead sustainability network
  
• For-profit colleges fill education niche – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder seeks new dean for Leeds School of Business
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU bans guns from campuses
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P bans weapons
  

February 25, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder chancellor: Conference center on radar, but unlikely during bad economy
  

Chieftain:

• New degrees – Editorial
  

February 26, 2010

Denver Post:

• Bill would scrap limits on tuition increases
  
• CSU clarifies that new weapons policy allows stun guns, pepper spray
  

Daily Camera:

• Governor Ritter signals warming toward tuition change
  

Chieftain:

• CSU students may help govern
  

In Denver Times:

• Ritter: “Tuition flexibility is not tuition autonomy”
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State’s plan to expand its degrees moves forward
  
• CMC seeks four-year degree program