Higher Ed Press Clips November 2010

November 1, 2010

Post:

• New college debit-card program may have students shouldering the burden

Huffington Post:

• Ethiopia: Education Unbanned!
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Saluting guidance for ROTC cadets
  

Camera:

• Election results could help CU-Boulder Recreation Center renovation
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Busy week in education

Cortez Journal:

• State tests CSAP system Colorado might replace student assessments
  
  

November 2, 2010

Post:

• Colleges recruit more Latinos, which could mean more federal funding
  
• CSU students, others offered free meningococcal vaccines
  

Camera:

• 'Giving circle' pools money for CU's education school
  
• Space shuttle Discovery 'go' to launch Wednesday with 2 CU-built experiments on board
  

Ed News:

• BEST board wrestles with grant system
  
• Lecture: Healthy kids learn better
  

November 3, 2010

Post:

• CU wants students, employees to get meningococcal vaccine
• Republicans maintain majority on State Board of Education

Camera:

• Colorado officials recommend meningitis vaccine for CU-Boulder
• Boulder Valley School District tax increase passes

KCNC:

• S. Colo. Colleges Get Grant To Increase Attendance

KDVR:

• Southern Colorado colleges, universities share grant to increase attendance
• CSU gets 5-year, $2.75M grant for doctoral program in water issues

Ed News:

• Election 2010: Big three, district bonds
• Budget plan gives K-12 a bit more

November 4, 2010

Denver Post:

• Search is on to replace Garcia as CSU-Pueblo leader
  
• Colorado's new accountability system rates schools' academic
  

The Examiner:

• Ritter to discuss higher education plan
  

KCNC:

• Colo. Lt. Gov.-Elect Resigns As College President
  

Coloradoan:

• Garcia leaving CSU-Pueblo to become Colorado's lieutenant governor
  

Camera:

• CU-Boulder announces two finalists for dean of Leeds School of Business
  
• State: 90 percent of Boulder Valley schools in highest achievement category
  

Ed News:

• State releases new school ratings
  
• Thursday Churn: Hick gets moving
  
• State board starts to look beyond Dwight
  

November 5, 2010

KCNC:

• Higher Education Leaders Say System In Peril
  

9News:

• Governor receives dire report on Colorado higher education
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU-Fort Collins gets permission to raise tuition by up to 12 percent
  
• Bold solutions to higher ed challenges deserve hearing
  
• Panel: Taxes should pay to double college funds
  

Ed News:

• Tuition plan OK’d at CSU, Metro, Ft. Lewis
  

Denver Daily News:

• Tax increase for higher ed?
  

Chieftain:

• Task force advises higher ed tax fund
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Our View: Hike is needed
  

Denver Post:

• Higher education committee recommends tax increases to fund Colorado colleges, universities

November 6-8, 2010

Gazette:

• Pikes Peak Community College has new interim president
  

Chieftain:

• Transition talks under way for nursing home
  

MSN:

• $3.9 million bid wins Trinidad state nursing home
  

KCNC:

• CSU Gets $2.75M Water-Study Grant
  

9News:

• Thousands of students show up to get free vaccinations
  

Denver Post:

• Downsized schools raise bar, but not all reach it
  
• Douglas County schools may explore school-choice options
  
• Engage state on higher education
  
• College education opens doors
  

November 9, 2010

CSU News:

• Colorado State University Hosts United Nations for North American Environmental Announcement Nov. 11
  

Business Journal:

• Ritter launches campaign to encourage college completion
  

Brown Herald:

• Higher Ed News Roundup
  

Gazette:

• College fair this weekend
  

Camera:

• Boulder Valley schools urge elementary parents to plan now for college
  

Denver Daily:

• College degree campaign launched
  

Chieftain:

• Better late than never
  
• Fiscal challenges
  

Denver Post:

• CU president's criticism rankles Colorado education committee
  
• Montbello schools reform plan draws comments at hearing
  
• Gov. Ritter kicks off college initiative
  

Gov Monitor:

• Complete College Colorado Program Launches In Denver

November 10, 2010

Examiner:

• Gov. Ritter unveils new statewide college ed program in Denver
  

Chieftain:

• Reaction varies to proposed state ed tests
  

Camera:

• CU's Naval ROTC honors vets in early morning ceremony
  
• Boulder Valley School District changes superintendent review
  

Post:

• Aurora school board rejects view it violated teachers' contract
  

Ed News:

• Aurora board rejects arbitration ruling
  
• Video: Campaign pushes college completion
  

November 11, 2010

Education News:

• “Doomsday” report paints stark picture
  

Denver Post:

• Higher One Payments runs afoul of the Colorado Community College System.
  

Grand Junction Sentinel:

• Encana donates $100,000 to Mesa State
  

November 12, 2010

Denver Post:

• Financial-aid firm told to ease pitch
  
• CU journalism dean to resign
  
• Surging interest in Douglas County's school-choice retreat to be accommodated
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Campaign for Campaign for Colorado State University gets $1 million donation
  

KCNC:

• Colorado State Hosts Launch Of UN Initiative
  

UNC:

• United Nations Launches Effort from Colorado State University
  

Gazette:

• CDE names state teacher of year
  

Camera:

• CU: No tuition, state funding will go to Buffs coach Dan Hawkins' $2M buyout
  

November 13-15, 2010

Denver Post:

• Douglas County school board continues to draw crowds to voucher talks
  
• It's good to be a university president
  
• ion experts raise more questions on Montbello turnaround
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder's Accessing Higher Ground conference eyes assistive technology
  

Chieftain:

• Feeding frenzy
  

Examiner:

• CCHE delivers disaster plan for higher education
  

Yahoo News:

• Higher education may be first to see cuts
  

Ed News:

• Monday churn: More drama in DPS
  

November 16, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado signs on to changes in future teacher education
  
• Decision delayed in possible censure of DPS board members
  
• Op-Ed: Ignoring Superman
  
• Op-Ed: Every neighborhood needs strong schools
  

Camera:

• CU to unveil transfer program for community college students
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo interim proposed
  

Ed News:

• Study: Turn teacher prep “upside down”
  

NY Times:

• California Court Backs Illegal Immigrant Students
  
• China surges past India as Top Home of Foreign Students
  
• More Professors Give Out Hand-Held Devices to Monitor Students and Engage Them
  
• Op-Ed: There Is No College Cost Crisis
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Teacher Training Is Panned
  
• Illegal Immigrants Win Ruling on College Fees
  

November 17, 2010

Denver Post:

• CU guarantees admission to community college students with 30 hours and 2.7 GPA
  
• Op-Ed: The “Complete College Colorado” initiative
  

Camera:

• Guarantee: 30 credits with 2.7 GPA get you into CU
  

Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: College is the doorway to future of opportunity
  

November 18, 2010

Post:

• CU panel recommends shutting journalism school
  

Camera:

• Report: CU-Boulder should close journalism school, transfer faculty
  

Chieftain:

• Proposed CSU-Pueblo interim eager to begin
  

Ed News:

• Another view on college “doomsday” plans
  

Examiner:

• CIO Colorado recommends all college classes go online
  

November 19, 2010

Chieftain:

• Three top administrators to leave CSU-Pueblo
  

Ed News:

• BLOG: Arne Duncan said what?  Good…
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Joint Budget Committee Tackles Budget
  

NY Times:

• Gates Urges School Budget Overhauls
  

November 20-22, 2010

Denver Post:

• Joint Budget Committee new members weigh the governor’s proposed cuts
  
• Metro State sending 8 tons of books to Ethiopia
  
• Metro State student didn’t die of meningococcal disease
  
• Op-Ed: Two years of college good; four years even better
  
• Op-Ed: Encouraging students to go to college early on
  

Camera:

• National problem, local solutions
  
• Op-Ed: Investing in our future through higher ed
  

Coloradoan:

• Op-Ed: Taxpayers overpaying state workers
  
• Earmarks could jeopardize up to $8 million in CSU funding
  

Sentinel:

• Log on learning: More students attending online schools
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Climate change warms up CSU budget
  

Highlands Ranch Herald:

• Rising enrollment offers benefits, challenges
  

The Denver Channel:

• Fluorescent Paint to Uncover Cancer? – CSU Scientists Develop “Paint” to Identify Inversions
  

9 News:

• Metro State donates books to Ethiopian sister city
  
• Economists want to stop teachers’ degree bonuses
  
• Metro State College student’s death not meningitis related
  

CBS 4 Denver:

• CU Med, Public Health School Launch Kids Study
  

NY Times:

• Growing up digital, wired for distractions
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Board Floats Voucher Plan
  

November 23, 2010

Denver Post:

• CSU professors’ artificial tissue helps veterinarian students hone skills
  

Ed News:

• Ed groups bat .785 on endorsements
  

NY Times:

• Op-Ed: College Costs, the Sequel
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Op-Ed: Saving Public Universities, Starting With My Own
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November 24, 2010

Denver Post:

• Legislator to serve as Hickenlooper’s Capitol lobbyist
  

Public News Service:

• “Doomsday Scenario” Looming for Colorado Higher Education?
  

NY Times:

• Report Finds Low Graduation Rates at For-Profit Colleges
  
• Op-Ed: Teaching for America
  

November 25-29, 2010

Denver Post:

• Colorado community college feel fiscal strain
  
• At CSU, veterinarians learn bedside manner
  
• Op-Ed: Community colleges and the Complete Colorado initiative
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Kiplinger’s: University of Denver, Colorado College named top values
  

Colorado Statesman:

• Freshmen legislators hear from respected predecessors
  

Chieftain:

• Governor gives P-20 council high marks
  

NY Times:

• M.B.A.’s in Japan Struggle for Respect
  
• Poking, Tagging and Now Landing an M.B.A
  

Camera:

• Boulder County students get encouragement from Latino leaders
  

Washington Examiner:

• Op-Ed: Rep. John Kline: More jobs, less government tops education agenda for 2011
  
  

November 30, 2010

Ed News:

• Boards endorse social studies CSAPs
  
• Op-Ed: Proceed with caution on value-added
  

KUNC (91.5 Northern Colorado):

• Colorado Education Council’s Work Highlighted
  

Camera:

• CU-Boulder, NASA launch research center to study suns’ effects on Earth’s climate
  
• CU-Boulder’s online online science sims project receives $2.5 million to reach middle school students
  

Chieftain:

• Student assessments to get overhaul
  
• Board names Leon interim president
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU gets $1.2 million to beef up national weather monitoring network
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Some U.S. College Students Looks to the U.K.
  

NY Times:

• U.S. School Graduation Rate Is Rising