Higher Ed Press Clips October 2011

October 1-3, 2011

Denver Post:

• CU-Boulder lands National Solar Observatory headquarters
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Check this out: Library lending electronics
  
• CSU-Pueblo on verge of new president
  

Pikes Peak Courier View:

• Op-Ed: A dynamic and inspirational message
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Op-Ed: Colorado fails as epicenter of green energy
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder students increasingly petition for in-state tuition
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn:  Busy week ahead
  

Coloradoan:

• Op-Ed: City, CSU lauded for sustainability
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Guns Come to Campus
  
• New Path for Teacher Ed Reform
  

NY Times:

• A State Grooms Its Best Students Into Good Teachers
  

October 4, 2011

Pueblo Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo gets $4.3 million grant
  

San Luis Valley Courier:

• ASC president defers salary increase until all campus employees get raises
  

Glenwood Springs Post Independent:

• College in Colorado hosts College Application Month during October

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU regents to consider Jewish Studies degree
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Partnership with Perry?
  

October 5, 2011

Denver Post:

• Autism advocate Grandin honored with CSU scholarship fund
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• CC professor on team of Nobel Prize-winning physicist
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Top CSU-Pueblo appointment expected today
  

Ed News:

• Issues starting to jell for 2012 session
  
• Wednesday Churn: An old gambit
  
• Unions back Prop. 103 with cash
  

Examiner.com:

• U of Denver program says state’s financial future dire but can be saved
  

Techrockies:

• Colorado State Gets $44.5 M in Software From Siemens
  

October 6, 2011

Denver Post:

• Mountain lion expelled from University of Colorado campus in Boulder
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder team digs up ancient Mayan road
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: A $4.3 million grant
  
• New CSU-Pueblo president named
  

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: Discipline debate
  

La Voz Colorado:

• Week of 10/05/11 – Special Interest
  

Westword:

• Blog: EcoCAR2 – CSU gets $44.5 million software donation to design a hybrid/electric car
  

October 7, 2011

9 News:

• CU Denver guarantees to accept community college students
• (Video) Joe Garcia has a wild side
  

Ed News:

• CCHE Endorses Prop 103
  
• Friday Churn: Smoothing transitions
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• An Unusual Conference
  

NY Times:

• Not the Academic Type? No Problem. You’re Hired.
  

October 8-10, 2011

Denver Post:

• University of Colorado’s journalism education changes little since school shut down
  
• Colorado’s eligibility crackdown on Old Age Pension cuts costs
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Grant to point the path to college
  

Aspen Times:

• Sen. Bennet to deliver address at Aspen college fair
  
• High School students attend fair for their future in Aspen
  

Summit Daily News:

• College in Colorado hosting annual College Application Month
  

Denver Business Journal:

• History Colorado museum celebrates completion
  

Ed News:

• Prop. 103 panel mixes it up
  
• Monday Churn: Heading West
  

Inside higher Ed:

• Suddenly Ineligible
  
• Hot Button Decisions on California
  

October 11, 2011

Denver Post:

• $1.2 million grant will fund programs in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU: More students entering work force, fewer to grad school
  

Durango Herald:

• Editorial: Yes on Prop 103

Inside Higher Ed:

• Closing Time in California
  

October 12, 2011

Denver Post:

• College Savings 101: The many uses of 529 plans
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano favors eventual car-free campus
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• PCC scholarship recipient meet donors
  

October 13, 2011

9 News:

• Thousands of 8th graders explore career options
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• State Colleges Rally behind Prop 103

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: Legislative preseason
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: Quality of Net-Price Calculators Varies Among Colleges
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• College Fail U.S. Financial Test
  

October 14-17, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado’s longtime economic-development efforts start to pay off
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Education essential, Garcia says
  
• Lt. Gov. Garcia to promote early childhood literacy
  

Coloradoan:

• International enrollment deal studied at CSU
  

Boulder Weekly:

• CU Leaders Balk at Proposition 103
  

Ed News:

• Report: CAP4K cost $384 million
  

October 18, 2011

Denver Post:

• Former CU regent sees no budget crisis at school
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Lieutenant governor makes Craig visit to talk education, literacy
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder student hospitalized with meningitis, first campus case in 5 years
  

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn: Last chance
  

October 19, 2011

Denver Post:

• Supporters, foes make cases on Colorado education-tax ballot issue
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Op-Ed: Worth the cost
  

Glenwood Springs Post Independent:

• Childhood literacy tour hits Garfield County
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• It’s Not Me. It’s You
• The Rapid Rise of Merit Aid
  

October 20, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado applies again for Race to the Top funds
  

Montrose Daily Press:

• Talking literacy
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder to help train electric vehicle engineers through DOE grants
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Reframing the ‘Stem Shortage’ Debate
  

October 21, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado St. University to study listeria outbreak
  

San Luis Valley Courier:

• Educators want more rural reading resources
  

Rapid City Journal (South Dakota):

• Firearms industry takes aim at continued growth
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Ohio chancellor want to end remedial education at public universities
  

Washington Post:

• Blog: One trillion dollars: Student loan debt builds towards yet another record
  

October 22-24, 2011

Denver Post:

• Schools fear worst budget cuts ahead
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Op-Ed:  Make the Accuplacer available to all high school students
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• California community college task force pushes big changes
  

NY Times:

• In College, Working Hard to Learn High School Material
  

October 25-27, 2011

Denver Post:

• President Obama unveils plan to ease student-loan debt at Denver stop
  

Ed News:

• Testing bill gets panel approval
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder students applaud Obama debt initiative
  

Durango Herald:

• Lt. Gov. says no change for tuition waiver
  

Ed Week:

• College Bound Blog: Obama Hopes Initiative Will Better Inform Student Borrowers
  

NY Times:

• Clearing Up Some Confusion About the New Federal Student Loan Rules
  

October 28, 2011

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder study: Python blood could have implications for human health
  

Ed News:

• Friday Churn: Confusion abounds
  

Durango Herald:

• Prop 103 pushes toward finish
  

October 29-31, 2011

Denver Post:

• Op-Ed: Timely relief of college loans
  
• Blog – The Spot: Sen. Rollie Heath “I feel good!”
  
• College student has meningitis
  

Sterling Journal Advocate:

• “4 Year 4 You” campaign seeks to increase college transfers
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Ballots and budget
• Testing the conventional wisdom

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder rewards employees who help save on energy bill

Durango Herald:

• Op-Ed: Obama and student loans
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Graduate students to lose on loans
  

Huffington Post:

• Colorado Faces Nation’s Only Statewide Tax Vote To Raise Taxes for Education

Washington Post:

• Blog: Want to earn more money? Study STEM