Higher Ed Press Clips October 2010

October 1, 2010

State Bill News:

• Deadline Nears For Colo. College Tuition Plans
  

Daily Record:

• A Champion For Education
  

Denver Post:

• DPS believes enrollment numbers will reflect middle schools' turnaround
  

Chieftain:

• State says schools overstate enrollments
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State submits tuition plan
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder asks state's permission to raise tuition beyond 9 percent
  

October 2-4, 2010

Denver Post:

• Tuition-hike plans trickling in to Colorado; 9.5% at CU
  
• Colorado education board to meet on selection of commissioner as Nev. superintendent
  
• Charter school's gift-card offer in student-enrollment drive illegal
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Achievement gap in Mesa County is narrowing for some, but still there
  

Camera:

• International enrollment at CU-Boulder shatters past records
  
• St. Vrain center paves the way to a variety of careers
  
  

Los Angeles Times:

• Personal Finance: Scrutinize for-profit colleges before enrolling
  

9News:

• CU students brace for possible tuition increase
  

Ed News:

• College flex plans hit the inbox
  

October 5, 2010

State Bill News:

• CSU Targets Credit Hours In Tuition Plan
  

Rocky Mtn. Collegian:

• Tuition could jump 20 percent
  

Coloradoan:

• Colorado residents attending CSU could pay 20 percent more annually under plan
  

Denver Post:

• Obama holds 1st summit on community colleges at WH
  
• AP Poll: Americans support community colleges
  
• Denver schools push for students to take tougher courses
  

October 6, 2010

Fox 31:

• Colorado State proposes tuition adjustments to offset possible state budget cuts
  

Business Report:

• CSU files plan to cope with worst-case budget shortfall
  

Coloradoan:

• Residents attending CSU could pay more under plan
  

Collegian:

• CSU funding shortfall threatens to bring dramatic tuition hikes
  

US News:

• Online Universities: 5 Tips Before You Pursue a Degree
  

Post:

• Community college students learning tough lesson with debit cards
  

Chieftain:

• College tuition plans to be unveiled today
  
• CSU-Pueblo praised for support of veterans
  

Camera:

• CU-Boulder gets go-ahead to develop $438M mission to Mars
  
• St. Vrain, teachers reach tentative pay agreement
  

Ed News:

• School districts test voters’ mood
  

October 7, 2010

KKCO:

• State colleges asking for ability to raise tuition if faced with funding cuts
  

Post:

• College tuition hikes up to 25 percent proposed- Updated
  

Camera:

• Increases up to 25 percent proposed for college tuition in state
  
  

Gazette:

• Tuition hike requests provide options if cuts come
  

Chieftain:

• Community colleges tuition to escalate
  
• Colleges submit plans for tuition hikes
  

Collegian:

• State budget to experience $900M shortfall next year
  

Ed News:

• Tuition plans run the gamut
  

Aspen Times:

• College tuition hikes of up to 25 percent proposed in Colorado
  

CB Online:

• All Colo. schools except School of Mines seek permission to raise tuition more than 9 percent
  

PR Web:

• With Funding Impacted by Down Economy - Colorado Community College System Coping with Unprecedented Growth
  

Face the State:

• You Asked For It: Tenure and salary at CU
  

Journal Advocate:

• Problems growing for higher ed
  

GJ Sentinel:

• Details of Colo. college tuition hikes expected
  

CSU News:

• Colorado State University Researchers Contribute to Colorado Economy with 150 Percent Increase in Inventions Since 2006
  

Cision:

• COLLEGE INVEST’S SCHOLARS CHOICE RANKED #1
  

October 8, 2010

Denver Post:

• Steep hikes may come to tuition for higher ed in Colorado
  
• Colorado higher-ed panel delays action on troubled Westwood
  
• Ball raises $100,000 for Metro State
  

Northern Colorado:

• CSU reports 150 percent increase in inventions since 2006
  

KJCT:

• Possible Tuition Hike For Higher Education
  

Center:

• Schools aim high with ASCENT
  

Ed News:

• CCHE holds off on Westwood probation
  
• Video: DSST students question Sally Ride
  

Camera:

• Possible tuition increases range from CU-Boulder's 9.5 percent to 25 percent at Adams State
  

October 9-11, 2010

Post:

• Denver school board will consider cuts in bus service
  
• Boulder Valley schools brace for more state budget cuts
  
• For-profit colleges expanding reach in Denver area
  
• Coming soon: a plan for higher ED
  

Camera:

• CU research reveals top reasons for Facebook defriending
  
• Boulder Valley's first online school opens
  
  

Chieftain:

• A specialist in special education
  

Ed News:

• Monday’s Churn: Big week for “Superman”
  

Personal Finance:

• Trouble Brewing for Westwood College in Colorado
  

Daily Rosetta:

• College Students to Face Possible Tuition Hikes
  

Steamboat Pilot:

• Steamboat seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
  

Ft. Morgan Times:

• Wiggins may experiment with 'cum laude` system
  

KREX:

• Mesa State College Fights Against Tuition Hikes
  

Coloradoan:

• Plan B: College in a tough economy

October 12, 2010

Greeley Tribune:

• College Fair to be held Saturday
  

Daily Camera:

• Four CU regents propose tuition hikes be capped at 4 percent
  
• CU-Boulder student government candidates focus on affordability
  
• Engineering grads receive top salary offers; CU-Boulder students high on employers' lists
  
  

Denver Post:

• Education report urges Colorado to follow Florida's lead on reforms
  
• DPS plan to change Montbello-area schools draws fire
  

October 13, 2010

Ft. Morgan:

• Community college enrollment climbs
  
• CSU ranked one of nation's top research institutions
  

Denver Biz Journal:

• CSU part of a $3M grant to study climate
  

Coloradoan:

• Sales-tax collections up in Fort Collins
  

Denver Post:

• Plan to reconfigure Montbello High draws emotional response
  
• Four CU regents want to cap tuition hike at 4 percent
  
  

Daily Camera:

• In aftermath of attacks, CU-Boulder students organize safety forum
  
• CU-Boulder's DiStefano opposes regents' proposed 4 percent tuition cap
  
  

Ed News:

• Support lacking for DPS reform plan
• Study: Colorado gets F in school funding
  

October 14, 2010

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: More schools make AYP
  

Denver Post:

• CU regents table proposal to cap tuition hike at 4%
  
• DU center renamed for Knoebel
  
• Documentary director lauds Colorado's education reform
  

October 15, 2010

Ed News:

• Friday Churn: CSAP replacement on tour
  

Denver Post:

• Higher education funding in Colorado
  
• Colorado's exiting education commissioner gets $350,000 compensation deal from Nevada school district
  

October 16-18, 2010

Denver Post:

• How Amendments 60 and 61 and Prop. 101 would hurt education
  
• Search begins for new state education commissioner
  
• Colorado's exiting education commissioner gets $350,000 compensation deal from Nevada school district
  

Chieftain:

• HS students committed to graduate?
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State reaps financial benefits from its new energy system
  

Gazette:

• Top Colo. education boss gets $358,000 Vegas package
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student honored with astronaut scholarship
  
• Young Boulder artists put spotlight on homeless
  

Ed News:

• Healthier school menus are not enough
  

October 19, 2010

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn: Higher ed debates, plans
  
• Applications surge for highly gifted program
  
• Ethnic imbalances persist in gifted programs
  

Denver Post:

• Colorado Supreme Court will consider campus gun bans
  

Chieftain:

• Heritage school awarded $10,000 for achievements
  

Camera:

• CU-Boulder 'information' committee: 'This is not about journalism'
  
  

Cision Wire:

• Middle - to lower-income families can apply now for up to $2,500 in free matching college money from CollegeInvest
  

October 20, 2010

 

October 21, 2010

9News:

• The hidden loophole that saves some college cash
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU student dies from meningitis, another remains hospitalized
  

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: Mayor Bloomberg visits
  
• Early grades new front in abstenteeism wars
  

Post:

• Ward Churchill asks court to give him CU job back
  
• CU pres says state funding could be cut 50 percent more
  

Camera:

• Facebook pioneer Dave Morin talks to CU students, alumni
  
• Judges hear fired CU-Boulder professor Ward Churchill's appeal
  
• CU president: "We have to be ready for some more cuts"
  
  

Sentinel:

• Keep college control local, state panel told
  

October 22, 2010

Coloradoan:

• CSU to lead Climate Science Center initiative
  

Ed News:

• Next step begins in quest for new tests
  

Fort Morgan Times:

• Spruce Hall dedicated in ribbon-cutting
  

Chieftain:

• Higher ed needs more money, task force says
  

October 23-25, 2010

Denver Post:

• Bacterial attack killed CSU student
  
• Teachers need more time sitting in students' desks
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder candidates campaign with caution
  
• CU cites concern with higher education reform plan
  
  

Ed News:

• Adults often oblivious to children’s bullying
  
• Ritter K-12 cuts a wash
  

October 26, 2010

Colorado State:

• Colorado State University a Critical Piece of the Fort Collins Zero-Energy District

KMGH:

• Student Hospitalized With Meningitis Was 'Terrified'
  

Indian Country:

• Tuition waiver program cuts raise concerns
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• The New Community College Tuition Hike
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU student suspected of having meningococcal illness out of hospital
  

Denver Post:

• DPS charter school takes kids with severe disabilities
  
• Sweeping DPS changes for Montbello meet backlash
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder seniors rejuvenating honor society chapter
  
• Police investigating threats at Boulder High, one targeting Latinos
  

 

October 27, 2010

CSU News:

• Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center Receives $3 Million from Shipley Foundation for Oncology University Chair
  

Post:

• Parents listen to DPS plans for Montbello High
  
• DPS may shutter low-performing Edison charter
  

Ed News:

• Alternative proposals, impassioned pleas
  

October 28, 2010

Ed News:

• Higher ed panel wraps it up
  
• Video: Montbello students speak up
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Associated Students of Colorado State University likely to change its logo
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU student-athletes show high graduation rate
  

Camera:

• CU regents give initial OK to fifth wing of biotech building
  
• In latest green report card, CU-Boulder earns a B-plus
  
• CU-Boulder hosting diversity summit next week
  

October 29, 2010

Denver Post:

• DU library turning page to digital age
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Health department: Same bacteria killed CSU student, hockey players
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• CSU not alone in facing dire financial straits