Higher Ed Press Clips June 2010

June 2, 2010

Denver Post:

• Bennet seeks expansion of “Troops to Teachers”
  

Daily Camera:

• Empathy an endangered trait among college students, study shows
  
• CU law professor to challenge Bosley for Republican regent seat
  

Chieftain:

• Colorado submits revised Race to Top application
  

USA Today:

• Ethical debates surround U.S. colleges’ use of international recruiters

June 3, 2010

Denver Post:

• Metro State to open new gallery on Santa Fe
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P library renovation a ‘Work in Progress’
  
• University campus still getting makeover
  

9News:

• CU helps dispose of unwanted drugs
  

June 4, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU prof picked by Obama for education board
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• Anschutz campus still has room to grow
  

June 5-7, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado’s share of stimulus propped up construction, budget
  
• Groundbreaking Tuesday on wellness center at Anschutz Medical Campus
  
• 5 myths about college admissions – Opinion
  
• More colleges forced to look at student wealth – Opinion
  

Daily Camera:

• CU med school tries to lure in-state students
  
• Adults return to CU to retrain in recession
  

Chieftain:

• Busy times – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• High school students rack up college credits, earn degrees
  

Durango Herald:

• FLC pursues ag property in Hesperus
  

June 8, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Transfers between community colleges, universities smoothed out
  

June 9, 2010

Daily Camera:

• Agency that accredits CU-Boulder slammed in report
  
• Critics want full-time diversity post at CU-Boulder
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P picks students for leadership program
  

Steamboat Today:

• Steambot’s CMC to present new building
  

June 10, 2010

Denver Post:

• Ritter signs bill giving colleges  tuition flexibility
  
• Colorado faces further grim cuts if Medicaid funding isn’t extended
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder leaders want more students living on campus
  

Denver Daily News:

• College tuition hikes coming?
  

CBS 4:

• Ritter sings bill allowing college tuition hikes
  

Durango Herald:

• Ritter signs bill allowing tuition hikes
  

Sentinel:

• Officials: New higher-ed tuition rules won’t immediately affect students
  
• Fix higher-ed before students must pay – Editorial

In Denver Times:

• Clock starts ticking on tuition plans
  

June 11, 2010

Denver Post:

• Nonprofit adding more teachers in Colorado schools
  
• Scholarship penalties at CU present a challenge -- Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Move to Pac-10 a win for academics, CU-Boulder faculty says
  

June 12-14, 2010

In Denver Times:

• State colleges take the 9 percent option
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder biotech building could get a fifth wing
  
• Colorado alumni career fair gives unemployed grads hope
  

Tribune:

• UNC Trustees OK 9 percent tuition hike
  

June 15, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU profs get federal grant to study research methods
  

Times Call:

• Study: College education needed for future Colorado jobs
  

Business Journal:

• CSU launches solar R&D center; Abound Solar co-founder to lead
  

June 16, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU announces leader of its Down syndrome institute
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to expand living and learning programs in dorms
  

Coloradoan:

• San Diego company to develop CSU windfarm at Maxwell ranch
  

9News:

• State approves of medical marijuana school
  

Westword:

• Lifting the tuition cap: Will Colorado students fall through the cracks?  -- Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian (CSU Student Newspaper):

• SB 3 a bandage for low state funding
  

June 17, 2010

Denver Post:

• Cancerous-tumor research riding on the backs of mice
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CSU announces major financial-aid program
  
• University of Colorado Hospital expands Lone Tree space
  

Daily Camera:

• Clock ticking for CU to take gun ban to Supreme Court
  

Greeley Tribune:

• UNC's Monfort College to host Daniels event Thursday
  

June 18, 2010

Denver Post:

• CSU now more affordable
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder: Orientations and partying don't mix
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo offers free schooling program
  

Greeley Tribune:

• University of Northern Colorado's men's basketball popularity growing
  

June 21, 2010

Denver Post:

• CSU tuition plan is family-friendly
  
• Law students' interest in immigration grows
  

Daily Camera:

• Despite national surge, CU-Boulder showing steady minority enrollment growth
  
• College students turn to cyber-begging for tuition help
  
• Tech-savvy students still favor print textbooks
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Boettcher scholar chooses CSU-Pueblo
  

June 22, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado's ailing budget faces potentially treacherous fiscal 2011-12
  

Education News Colorado:

• Budget woes loom again for 2011-12
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder not worried CSU's new tuition breaks will cut into enrollment
  
• CU: Boulder's wastewater treatment upgrades cut chemicals that feminize fish
  

June 23, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU president fears loss of money under state’s restructuring plan
  
• Homeless to higher education – Guest Commentary
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU set to boost tuition for resident undergrads
  
• Proposition would hurt tax revenues -- Opinion
  
• Government by inertia will be painful – Editorial
  

Business Journal:

• CSU boosts in-state tuition by 9%
  

Ed News Colorado:

• College finance idea hits nerve
  

June 25, 2010

Daily Camera:

• CU president angry about idea to raise admission standards
  
• CU-Boulder student government backs campus gun ban
  
• Proposed CU-Boulder degree program could boost technology in developing countries
  
• CU students want non-discrimination policy to protect 'gender identity'
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• CSU governing board approves 10.2 percent increase to tuition and fees
  

9News:

• Regents make statement against transgender discrimination
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Aims OKs budget, hears about big problems looming
  

June 26-28, 2010

Denver Post:

• Aspen wants CU to keep facility
  
• Divided CU regents to challenge appellate ruling that lifted gun ban on campus
  
• Metro-area Ecotech Institute in Denver targets green-collar jobs
  
• How would you cut $1 billion? – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder: Projected enrollment dip partly linked to glitches in software
  
• Teachers take on ‘Frogger’
  
• CU regents approve $2.76 billon budget
  

Tribune:

• CSU tuition plan will help families now, but state needs long-term solution – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Former guv’s moon rock going to Colorado School of Mines

June 29, 2010

Gazette:

• CU School of Medicine in the Springs?
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• CCA, nursing school partner to streamline degree programs
  

9News:

• CU Boulder dorm gets ‘green’ facelift
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Revenue forecasts show state is not done cutting for 2010-11
  

June 30, 2010

Chronicle of Higher Education:

• Campus Gun Bans Are Still on Solid Ground, Legal Experts Say
  

Daily Camera:

• Attorneys: U.S. Supreme Court ruling will have limited impact in CU gun ban case
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Tuition, fees increase by 10.2 percent next year
  
• Summer enrollment up 4.4 percent from 2009
  
• Campus projects set to be done by fall semester