Higher Ed Press Clips August 2011

July 30 - August 1, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado lawsuit on education funding goes to trial Monday
  
• Schools' increasing fees put pinch on families
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Short-Term Stability, But ...
  
• Professors’ Right to Disagree
  
• Fighting the Non-University Master's
  

Ed News Colorado:

• An apology to the class of 2013
  
• Education policy critics march in D.C.
  

Durango Herald:

• Ruling could remake state education funding
  

9News:

• Trial to begin for state education funding lawsuit
  

Daily Camera:

• 24 percent of undergrad students sampled in CU-Boulder survey said they smoked pot at 4/20 event
  

August 2, 2011

Denver Post:

• College courses open to 9th graders
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Sen. Heath turns in signatures for education tax boost
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Lobato 8/1: Center in spotlight
  
• Tax question likely headed to ballot
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Lawsuit takes on school financing; District 11 is plaintiff
  

Daily Camera:

• Colorado College tops Princeton Review's 'reefer madness' list; CU-Boulder moves up to No. 4
  

August 3, 2011

Denver Post:

• Major education groups in Colorado back proposed state tax hike for K-12
  
• DPS graduate numbers up 500 over two years
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Lobato 8/2: A history lesson
  

Coloradoan:

• College guide names CSU a 'Best Buy'
  

Fort Morgan Times:

• MCC named great college to work for
  

Daily Camera:

• Fulbright scholars make first stop at CU-Boulder
  

Craig Daily Press:

• CNCC to host ribbon cutting, open house Monday in Craig
  

August 4, 2011

Wall Street Journal:

• College Grants Spared From Spending Cuts
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Slipping towards pay-to-play education?
  
• State Board has a big day
  
• Board campaign season kicks off
  
• Lobato 8/3: Student takes stand
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Federal Mineral Lease District Board convenes for the first time
  

Durango Herald:

• FLC ranked one of the Best in the West
  

Lone Tree Voice:

• Arguments begin in Douglas County School District voucher case
  

Colorado Springs Independent:

• Taking the initiative
  

The Colorado Independent:

• Heath’s education funding initiative surpasses goal in signature campaign
  

August 5, 2011

Denver Post:

• On last day of testimony, parent of special-needs student makes plea for Douglas County school vouchers
  

Ed News Colorado:

• SBE mulls test costs, NCLB waiver
  

Denver Business Journal:

• 12 Colorado schools on Forbes best-colleges list
  
• CU-tested prostate drug shows promise against breast cancer
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU working to inform public about strengths
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder has hand in NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno
  
• CU Foundation head Wayne Hutchens to retire
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Aims to offer waivers for seminar
  

CSU Press Release:

• Colorado State Introduces Online Student Affairs in Higher Education Master's Degree, Available Fall 2012
  

August 6-8, 2011

Denver Post:

• Future uncertain if plaintiffs win education-funding Lobato case
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Lobato 8/5: Key expert weighs in
  
• Domes sprouting on Colorado campuses
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Sen. Rollie Heath campaigns for education funding
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Legislator proposes tax increase to fund Colorado schools
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder switching to new online alcohol education tool, despite drop in violations
  
• Marijuana hearings at CU-Boulder on decline after orientation does more to address pot
  

August 9, 2011

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder fares well in report on debt, graduation rates
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/8: Digging into cost details
  

The Coloradoan:

• Shell Oil gives CSU $2M to study land reclamation
  

Digital Journal:

• International Hispanic Online University Partners with Adams State College to Provide College Courses Taught in Spanish
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Justice Department Sues Education Management Corp. Over Student Loans
  

August 10-11, 2011

Daily Camera:

• CU regents OK 5-year contract extension for Athletic Director Mike Bohn
  

The Coloradoan:

• DOE awards $1.09M Grant to CSU Nuclear energy project
  

Sterling Journal-Advocate:

• Hunt begins for new NJC president
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Suing Over Jobs – suits challenge veracity of job placements rates at 3 law schools
  
• ‘Running in Place’ – study says low income students can’t outpace wealthy peers at selective colleges
  

U.S. News and World Report:

• Smartphones Have Influenced Higher Education
  

August 12, 2011

Denver Business Journal:

• CSU Research Spending Tops $330M
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder faculty to lead $7.2M project to improve safety of military vehicles
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Blog: SmartMoney college ranking gauge value of public, private schools
  

August 13-15, 2011

Denver Post:

• $2.5 million in grants awarded for solar power research
  
• Op-Ed: Let me pick up the bill
• Op-Ed: Lobato vs. the State of Colorado: Defenses’ opening statements
  

Daily Camera:

• CU less dependent on state funds, more on donations
  
• CU-Boulder should ax in-state tuition, says professor Roger Pielke Jr.
  

GJ Sentinel:

• the Suite life – new residence hall at Colorado Mesa University
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Student to descend on CSU-Pueblo
  

NY Times:

• State Challenges Seen as Whittling Away Federal Education Law
  

August 16, 2011

Denver Post:

• Injunction on Douglas County voucher program leaves families, schools in limbo
  
• Colorado seeks to toss lawsuit challenging TABOR
  
• Colorado Education Association gets behind ballot proposal to hike taxes for education
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Puebloan appointed to CCHE
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder freshman start moving into dorms
  

9 News:

• Resources to help students, parents pay for college
  

Ed News:

• Implications of voucher ruling not clear
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Post-Pork – without earmarks WSU MSU try to win competitive grants
  
• Acceptance Up for Foreign Applicants
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Chinese Students Flood U.S. Grad School
  

NY Times:

• Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: Conversation on Access to College for Low-Income Students
  

August 17, 2011

Denver Post:

• Old University of Colorado Hospital campus redevelopment to be finished in 2014
  

Denver Business Journal:

• CSU-based program to help Colorado government with energy efficiency
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo may stretch semesters
  
• Univ. president: School’s on the move
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/16: Preschool report card
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• A Graduate Student Burden
  
• End of a Military Free Ride?
  

NY Times:

• School District Rediscover Value of From-Scratch Meals
  

August 18, 2011

Denver Post:

• Private schools to keep Douglas County voucher students during court fight
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: Search resumes
  
• Local high school achievers recruited by ThunderWolves
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/17: Cost of dropping out

La Voz Nueva:

• Week of 08/17/11 Of Special Interest
  
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Cutting Their Losses
  

August 19-22, 2011

Denver Post:

• Op-Ed: Heath tax plan picks up steam
  
• UNC makes services available to student veterans
  
• Denver University law school launches website on interactive learning
  
• CU to talk trademark at Ralphie’s eatery in Boulder

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Plea for better school personal
  

Ed News:

• Labato 8/19: A high-profile witness
• Monday Churn: Jeffco, Creek go back
  
• More kids immunized but fears remain
  

Ed Week:

• Blog:  New Study Quantifies Cost of College Dropouts
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Who Applies (and Gets In)
  

Baltimore Sun:

• Judge throws out illegal immigrant tuition case
  

August 23, 2011

Denver Post:

• Evolution of beer: CU research on DNA cracks the lager code
  
• Jefferson County among 6 Colorado school districts with financial red flags
  

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn: Grant to aid literacy
  
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo notches another enrollment hike
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Reign of the Politician-Chancellor
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Party Ends at For-Profit Schools
  

LA Times:

• UC income from tuition will surpass state funding for the first time

NY Times:

• The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed
  
  

August 24, 2011

Denver Post:

• Federal grant to Denver’s United Way aims to boost young kids literacy
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• Sallie Mae study: More students relying on financial aid to pay for college
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/23: Trial tone set to shift
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• New Student center on horizon at college
  

The Coloradoan:

• Op-Ed: Proposal for redistricting by Dems bad idea
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: Families Cope With Rising College Costs in Strategic Ways
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Revised Rules on Financial Conflict
  

Las Vegas Sun:

• College dropouts cost themselves, and Nevada, millions of dollars in earning potential
  
  

August 25, 2011

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/24: Garcia on the grill
• Voters will decide on school funding
  

The Denver Channel – News 7:

• Lt. Gov.: Inequities Exist In Education – Joe Garcia Defends Colorado’s School Funding System
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Lt. Gov. Garcia testifies in school funding suit
  

NY Times:

• Western Governors University – Weekly Prompts From a Mentor

The Texas Tribune:

• Traditional Universities Considering New Approaches
  

August 26, 2011

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Adams State to hit enrollment record
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 8/25: Money and scores
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Texas-Size Compromise
  
• Op-Ed: Intellectual Development vs. Jobs?
  

Washington Post:

• Blog: Study – Hispanics now outnumber blacks in college
  

August 27-29, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado school funding trial enters likely final week
  
• Colleges across Colorado report record enrollment
• Aurora and CSU study human-coyote conflicts
  

Daily Camera:

• About 200 CU-Boulder freshman petition to live at home instead of in dorms

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Dougco decision time
  
• Laboto 8/26: Moloney opines

NY Times:

• Young Hispanics’ College Enrollment Rose 24% in Year, Study Says
  

August 30, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado task force tackles reform of remediation education
• CU-Boulder housing state-of-the-art, 25,000-pound brain scanner

Ed News:

• Labato 8/29: Can’t fire your way to Finland
  
• Tuesday Churn: Judge denies stay
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Committing to Complete
  

August 31, 2011

Denver Post:

• Daniels Fund promises up to $530,000 to help Douglas County school in voucher case
  

Ed News:

• Wednesday Churn: Ballot order set
  
• Lobato 8/30: Bob Schaffer sticks to his guns
  
• Experts share tips on early literacy
  
• Dougco to seek tax increase
  

Daily Camera:

• CU regents may seek greater authority over campus chancellors
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Tenure Reconsidered (a Bit)

The Detroit News:

• Michigan students pay only half of tuition costs, study says
  

Texas Tribune:

• Texas State’s Uphill Battle for Attention