Higher Ed Press Clips May 2011

May 1-2, 2011

Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: An emergency
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Last full week
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (4-29-11): Early Lessons in Saving Improves Odds for College Success
  

NY Times:

• A Community College Attracts the Poor and the Presidential
  

May 3, 2011

Ed News:

• Commissioner search ends
  

NY Times:

• Cuomo Backs Higher Tuition at Top SUNY Campuses
  
• U.S. to Join Suit Against For-Profit College Chain
  
• American Universities Group Votes to Expel Nebraska
  

May 4, 2011

Chieftain:

• Leon says he’ll stay for duration
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• ASCSU Amends part of House Bill 1301
  

Ed News:

• Wednesday Churn: Thank a teacher
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-3-11) Public Radio and TV Join Efforts to Boost High School Grads
  

Wall Street Journal:

• In Prison, College Courses Are Few
  

May 5, 2011

Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: In good hands
  

Colorado Springs Independent:

• Don’t come to us. We’ll come to you
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder graduation gowns go ‘green’
  

Ed News:

• Bullying Bill raises questions – Everybody’s happy with 52 now
  
• Thursday Churn: License bill signed
  

NY Times:

• Failing Grades on Civics Exam a ‘Crisis’
  

May 6, 2011

Denver Post:

• Most of University of Denver library collection to stay off-site
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder commencement: Grads starting to enter Folsom Field
  
• Job market warming for CU-Boulder’s Class of 2011
  

Ed News:

• Friday Churn: Graduation Time
  

Renewables-biz:

• Colorado Congressional Delegation, Governor Back Boulder Bid for National Solar Observatory
  

May 7-9, 2011

 

May 10, 2011

Ed News:

• “Big” education bills almost done
  
• Tuesday Churn:  Boulder decides
  

Chieftain:

• Be daring, tough, Garcia tells grads
  

The Chronicle of Higher Ed:

• State Higher-Education Leaders Join Push to Set College-Readiness Standards
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-10-11): Students Chime In With Ideas to Improve College Completion
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Chicago Fight Threatens Illinois Education Overhaul
  

May 11, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colo. Third-graders improve on CSAP reading tests
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• CCA President Linda Bowman announces upcoming resignation
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder journalism school sees six-year high in applications, despite closure
  

Ed News:

• Big bills, little debate
  
• Wednesday Churn: Into the weeds
  

NY Times:

• Perelmans Give Penn Medical School $225 Million
  
• Libyan Students in U.S. See Tuition Threatened
  

May 12-16, 2011

Denver Post:

• Jeffco schools budget includes fee of at least $100 to ride bus
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Hickenlooper: Reforming college tenure and state hiring are 2012 priorities
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Monday Churn: Tax campaign launch
  
• Bennet encourages undocumented youth
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Find your place in the puzzle, ASC grads told
  

Denver Daily News:

• Tax hike proposal unveiled
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Built for Distance
  

Daily Camera:

• Boulder County resident appointed state auditor
  

WICHE:

• WCET Awarded Bill & Melinda Gates Grant on Predictive Analytics
  

May 17, 2011

Denver Post:

• Federal cutbacks to Pell Grants may threaten summer classes
  
• CU installs security system on supercomputer
• Heath reveals ballot proposal to raise taxes for schools
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Drive to boost school funding underway
  
• Struggling with ‘mutual consent’
  

Coloradoan:

• Equine virus prompts concerns at CSU
  
• Institute recognizes CSU retention efforts
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Quick Takes
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder's student debt load lighter than average, but rising
  

Reuters:

• New U.S. Institutes Help Tackle Cleantech Workforce Shortage
  

Colorado Independent:

• Heath launches tax initiative to fund education
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-16-11): New Pew Research Surveys Question Value of College
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Key Education Issues Dividing Public, College Presidents, Study Finds
  

NY Times:

• Georgia Court Decision Puts Future of 17 Charter Schools in Doubt
  

May 18, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colo. State revenue picks up, but officials fear it’s temporary
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Springs among ’10 Great Cities for College Grads’
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• Colo. Clean-tech industry at crossroads
  

Ed News:

• Wednesday Churn: Teachers weigh in
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-18-11): Faculty Come Together in Campaign Defending Higher Ed
  

NY Times:

• California – Honor for Immigrant Activist
  

May 19, 2011

Denver Post:

• School kids standing behind a tax-hike news conference not necessarily behind the effort
  

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: No protest
  

NY Times:

• Outlook is Bleak Even for Recent College Graduates
  

May 20, 2011

Denver Post:

• Dip in number of Colorado home-schoolers may be linked to surge in online enrollment
  

Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: False Promise – Sen. Rollie Heath is dead wrong…
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU re-emphasizes what quality education offers
  

Ed News:

• Analysis:  Sorting out the 2011 session
  
• DPS approves new innovation plans
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-19-11): Counselors Have Negative Opinion of U.S. News College List
  

NY Times:

• At CUNY, Fears That a Curriculum Overhaul Might Erode Academic Gains
  
• NY Attorney General Is Investigating Trump’s For-Profit School
  

May 21-23, 2011

Denver Post:

• Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Colorado’s TABOR amendment
  
• Op-Ed – Griego: Betty Proctor of Denver named “Outstanding Community Leader”
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Still busy
  

RCP:

• Op-Ed: Tuition Skyrockets – while learning plummets
  

NY Times:

• Whose Failing Grade is it?
  
• Teaching Beyond the Test, With an Eye on Current Events
  

May 24, 2011

Denver Post:

• Hickenlooper signs angel investors bill
  
• New twister-detection radar developed by CSU electrical engineer may help people in path
  
• Denver mayoral candidates Romer, Hancock spar on school reform
  

Camera:

• CU-Boulder expecting bigger freshman class in fall 2011
  

Chieftain:

• Pushing for kids to succeed
  
• Children suffer in recession
  
• ‘Devastation makes you want to cry’
  

GJ Sentinel:

• TABOR under fire as ‘fiscal dysfunction’
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-24-11): New Study Tracks Income Based on College Major
  

NY Times:

• New York City to Add Student Tests, to Evaluate Teachers
  

May 25, 2011

Denver Post:

• Regis University president to retire
  
• Emily Griffith Opportunity School changing name to Technical College
  
• Enrollment continues to climb at Adams State
  

Ed News:

• Wednesday Churn: Hammond names two
  
• Find your school’s graduates in college
  

NY Times:

• New Jersey is Ordered to Increase Aid to Schools
  
• Top Colleges Overlook Low-Income Students
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Public Schools Increase Fees Charged to Students
  

Bloomberg:

• Engineering Undergrads Reap Top Salaries
  

May 26, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado to apply for education grants
  

Gazette:

• Northeastern Junior College president to take helm at PPCC
  

Colorado Independent:

• Colorado back in Race to the Top
  

Ed News:

• Ed leaders sign on to tabor suit
  

NY Times:

• Growth in Education Spending Slowed in 2009
  
• 9 State Get New Chance at Federal Education Aid
  

May 27, 2011

Ed News:

• Friday Churn: Outdoor lab saved
  
• Rhee pitches to supportive crowd
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-26-11): Report Outlines Ideas to Improve College Completion
  

NY Times:

• Question Follow Leader of for Profit College
  

May 28-31, 2011

Denver Post:

• Campaign to raise taxes for education uses online strategy to collect signatures
  
• Denver schools, college team up to train teachers for linguistically diverse classrooms
  
• School districts in north Denver metro area consider bus fee
  

Daily Camera:

• Some CU regents question student-approved Rec Center fee
  

Chieftain:

• College student brushes up on business
  

State Journal Register (Illinois):

• UIS to help create online learning database
  

Ed News:

• U.S. Reforms Out of Sync With High-Performing Nations, Report Finds
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog (5-31-11): Is High School Too Much of a Pressure-Cooker?
  

NY Times:

• Coaching and Much More for Chinese Students Looking to U.S.