Higher Ed Press Clips July 2010

July 1, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder class covers iPhone apps, future of news distribution
  
• CU professor picked as FCC’s chief technologist
  

Durango Herald:

• Colorado State exits Hesperus site
  

Post independent:

• CMC board opposes November ballot measures
  

July 2, 2010

Denver Post:

• Metro adds master’s degrees in teacher ed, accountancy and social work
  
• CSU professor working on more efficient solar cell
  
• Career diplomat to lead DU’s international studies
  
• Groff to lead National charter school group
  

July 3-6, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU focusing on ‘geographic diversity’ within freshmen class
  
• CU study abroad: South Africa scores with students
  

Coloradoan:

• Obama announces Abound Solar growth
• CSU student hopes scholarship helps prevent suicides
  

AP:

• ‘Holy men’ blaze curious trail across country
  

July 7, 2010

Denver Post:

• Ballot item could cripple Colorado – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder hosts program helping minorities achieve college dreams
  
• CU-Boulder grads get 11.4 percent return on their investment
  

Coloradoan:

• Assistant professor at CSU chosen for research program
  

9News:

• CSU incubates future corporations, breakthroughs

July 8, 2010

Denver Post:

• Don’t gut education reform – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder chooses new interim diversity director
  
• New federal law means no surprise with textbooks
  

Coloradoan:

• Grants help ideas get noticed
  

July 9, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Six CU-Boulder women earn $10,000 Amelia Earhart fellowships
  

Chieftain:

• PCC boasts jobs training program
  

July 10-12, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Report: College students studying less
  
• CU-Boulder scales back vacuuming, paint jobs, cleaning amid budget cuts
  

Sentinel:

• Community college deals with growing pains
  

Colorado Independent:

• Higher ed cuts would hit community colleges, minority students hardest
  

KJCT8:

• New programs coming to MSC
  

July 13, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU Law makes first-ever curriculum change for first year students
  
• Religious Studies faculty wooing freshmen
  

Reporter Herald:

• Researchers partner with business for solutions to global needs
  

July 14, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Students want colleges to show them the green
  

Aspen Daily News:

• City, CU agree to wait out Given vote
  

Steamboat Today:

• CSU president stops in Steamboat
  

July 15-16, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder reports record summer enrollment
  

9News:

• CU president discusses his plans for the future
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• CU officials await gun ban ruling, its effects on Aurora campus
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• The real challenge for higher education – Opinion
  

July 17-19, 2010

Denver Post:

• Denver leaders urge voters to reject ballot measures limiting property taxes, debt
  
• Tuition flexibility will benefit Colorado higher ed – Guest Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• Only 55% of CU students graduate within four years
  
• CU senior to represent U.S. at World Expo in Shanghai
  
• CU regents oppose tax-cutting measures
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU-P commits to affordability – Guest Opinion
  

Gazette:

• Developing at UCCS: a support group in a smartphone
  

Sentinel:

• College more important than ever, study shows

July 20, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU’s Teaching Asia program helps instructors teach Chinese
  

Fox 31:

• 2 Colorado schools share military research grants
  

Journal Advocate:

• School board talks goals for coming year
  

July 21, 2010

Denver Post:

• Private donations to CSU up 6.6 percent
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Fewer see college as a good investment
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-B wants more uniform standards in ‘green guides’
  
• CU-B deals with onset of bed bugs
  

Summit Daily News:

• CSU president in Summit County Tuesday
  

July 22, 2010

Coloradoan:

• CSU comes near donation record
  

Washington Post:

• Do high standards really help kids?
  

July 23, 2010

Denver Post:

• Regents doubt Benson will run for governor
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-B suspends study abroad in Mexico because of drug violence
  
• Class rank remains CU-Boulder admissions factor
  

Sentinel:

• CSU leader sees big changes ahead for ag education
  

Denver Business Journal:

• I-225 interchange upgrade for Anschutz Medical Campus gets $16M shot in the arm

Washington Post:

• Administration aims to tighten oversight of for-profit colleges
  
• U.S. goes from leading to lagging in young college graduates
  

Ed News Colorado:

• CCHE wrestles with slicing higher ed pie
  

July 24-26, 2010

Denver Post:

• Mesa State bucks the cuts, expands campus, programs
  
• Firm, CU to partner on stem cell research
  

Daily Camera:

• More CU-B students balance academics, jobs
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU fund to advance startups
  
• CSU offers word of caution about studies in Mexico
  

Vail Daily:

• Eagle County college rides high through the downturn
  

July 27, 2010

Denver Post:

• Shea Properties renegotiating its contract with CU for the former hospital campus
  

July 28-29, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado a finalist again in “Race to the Top”
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium could turn into a big-screen theater
  
• Credit cards on campus
  

Chieftain:

• CSU aids business startups
  

July 30, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Donations to CU up nearly 5 percent
  
• CU leaders dreading party-school list