Higher Ed Press Clips September 2011

September 1, 2011

Denver Post:

• Study says Colorado budget outlook worse than thought and cutting alone won’t fix it
  

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn: The end is near

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder planning new, $100 million geosciences complex
  

Greeley Tribune:

• Op-Ed: Despite higher tuition, college students are tuning out in record numbers
  

NY Times:

• Generation Limbo: Waiting It Out
  

September 2, 2011

Denver Post:

• Final arguments set for Colo. school funding suit
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Colorado College earns high marks
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 9/1:  One last speed bump
  

Summit Daily News:

• Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia speaks to learning opportunities in Frisco Wednesday
  

 

September 3-6, 2011

Denver Post:

• Op-Ed Hubbard: Big numbers on campus
  
• CSU among nation’s research leaders with $330 million this past fiscal year
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• University using grant to boost math teachers
  
• CSU-Pueblo reaching for the stars
  

Ed News:

• Lobato 9/2: A long chapter closes
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Grant Recipients and Race
  

Durango Herald:

• Vrooooomin’ down Main Ave.
  

 

September 7, 2011

Denver Post:

• Vincent Carroll: Steep tax hikes aren’t the answer
  

Colorado Independent:

• Colorado tax hikes proposed by DU researchers not at all radical
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Gates’s Own Brain Drain
  
• Success by Another Name
  

 

September 8, 2011

Denver Post:

• Rosen: So, start school later
  

The Washington Times:

• Colorado governor pushes his luck on funding for schools
• A lonely Colo. legislator crusades to raise taxes
  

Washington Post:

• U.S. colleges seek foreign students for intellectual stimulus, bottom line
  

Inside Higher ED

• No Success on Success Measures
  

Education News Colorado

• Prop 103 donations nearing $175,000
  

 

September 9, 2011

Pueblo Chieftain:

• 3 finalists named for top job at CSU-Pueblo
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: Early Career Focus Improves Community College Completion
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Obama Plan Would Aid 2-Year Colleges
  
• Abelard to Apple
  

 

September 10-12, 2011

Denver Post:

• 19-year-old CSU student who died Saturday night identified
  

KREX Channel 5 News (Grand Junction):

• Higher Education Budget Concerns
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• State’s pocketbook won’t figure in school suit
  
• Finalist to lead CSU-Pueblo visits Monday
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Show Us the Money
  

NY Times:

• On Campus, It’s One Big Commercial
  
  

September 13, 2011

Denver Post:

• Student loan default rates jump
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Mover and shaker
  

Daily Camera:

• CU regents approve new Biofrontiers Institute for Boulder campus
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Three Colorado schools on U.S. News’ list of 100 best colleges
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Default Rates Up Again
• U.S. News Participation Drops
  

Washington Post:

• U.S. falls in global ranking of young adults who finish college
  

NY Times:

• Student Loan Default Rates Rise Sharply in Past Year
  

September 14, 2011

Denver Post:

• Foes of Colorado education-funding initiative file complaint over petition worker’s tactics
  

Ed News:

• Wednesday Churn: SBE agenda packed
  

Our Colorado News:

• Community Colleges assist in economic recovery
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• CSU-Pueblo sets third straight enrollment record
  
• Alaska-Anchorage provost to visit CSU-Pueblo today
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU regents raise concerns about Boulder campus maintenance backlog
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Two new dorms for UCCS OK’d as enrollment jumps
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• New Approach to Cuts
  
• Low-Hanging Fruit
  

 

September 15, 2011

Ed News:

• SBE crosses fingers on new tests
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Presidential candidate pledges transparency
  

Inside higher Ed:

• SAT Scores Drop
• For-Profit Seal of Approval

NY Times:

• Pay for Only 4 years of College. Guaranteed
  

 

September 16, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado colleges greet large classes of smart, racially diverse freshman
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU President urges more work on retention at university
  

Rocky Mountain Collegian:

• Grim Future for Higher Ed
  

Ed News:

• Prop. 103 battle joined
  

Ed Week:

• Students Expected to Pay More as Economy Hurts Colleges
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Where Universities Can Be Cut
  

September 17-19, 2011

Denver Post:

• G.I. Jobs magazine names Colorado State University a top military-friendly school
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• Op-Ed: All Coloradoans benefit from state universities’ contributions
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Teamwork essential says CSU-Pueblo candidate
• Lawyer from San Luis Valley seeks level field for school
  

Ed News:

• Monday Churn: Nervously waiting
  

September 20, 2011

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder sees 9% increase in students of color
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Search group likes all candidates
  
• PCC celebrates diversity
  

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn: Mayor’s endorsement
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Calculating Costs and Benefits
  

 

September 21-22, 2011

Aurora Sentinel:

• CCA-Lowy campus growing in size, influence
  

Ed News:

• Hick’s education council gears up
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Four Colo. business school make world’s top 100 list
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: States Pass New Laws to Encourage College Completion
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• New Graduate Enrollments Drop
  
• Gazing Into Higher Ed’s Future
  

NY Times:

• New Enrollment Dips a Bit at U.S. Graduate Schools

 

September 23, 2011

Denver Post:

• CDC awards $6.5 million for study of youth violence in Denver’s Montbello neighborhood
  
• Obama rolling back Bush-era education law
  

The Trinidad Times Independent:

• Guru eases grasp of math with podcasts, iPods
  

The Lamar Ledger:

• State Board, Community College System visit
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder receives $6.5 million grant for violence prevention effort
  

Ed News:

• Friday Churn: Obama on NCLB
  

NY Times:

• No Child Left Behind Waivers for States
  

Wall Street Journal:

• Obama Rewrites ‘No Child’ Law
  

Politico.com:

• Obama offers some ‘No Child’ Waivers
  

September 24-26, 2011

Alamosa Valley Courier:

• TSJC receives over $3.875 million grant
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• Broomfield joins study on coyotes
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Questioning Assumptions
  

The Bay Citizen:

• At Financial Aid Offices, Business is Booming
  

September 27, 2011

Denver Post:

• CSU animal surgeon, determined owner help Great Dane to walk normally

Sterling Journal Advocate:

• Members discuss enrollment, president search
  

The Trinidad Times:

• $3.875M granted for TSJC; Program’s goal is more Hispanics earning degrees
  

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn:  Obama road show
  

NY Times:

• College Graduation Rates Are Stagnant Even As Enrollments Rise, Study Says
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Winners and Losers
  

 

September 28, 2011

Boulder Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder sees 23% spike in job postings for grads
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Colorado gets $35M education grant
  

Ed News:

• Tuesday Churn (update): New higher ed grant
  
• Wednesday Churn: Metro edges closer
  
• Obama visit a hit at Lincoln High
  

Ed Week:

• Blog: Education Department Gives 34 College-Improvement Grants
  

 

September 29, 2011

Denver Post:

• Latinos enroll at Metro State in record numbers
  

Colorado Springs Gazette:

• PPCC to share in $17.3 million By Carol energy training grant

Pueblo Chieftain:

• East, Risley schools to share Gear-Up monies
  

Ed News:

• Thursday Churn:  Prop. 103 campaigning
  

NY Times:

• Obama Urges Nation’s Students to Keep Studying

September 30, 2011

Denver Post:

• Colorado Business Briefs
  
• Colorado Mountain College says student with epilepsy disruptive
  

Boulder Daily Camera:

• Merchant resignation creates unusual vacancy on University of Colorado Board of Regents
  

Craig Daily Press:

• CNCC to receive $258,660 through Department of Labor energy grant
  

Grand Junction Sentinel:

• CMU attracting students with better grades, test scores
  

Pueblo Chieftain:

• Proposition 103 supporters rally

Ed News:

• $1 billion on the line for education
  
• Friday Churn: CU regent vacancy
  

Inside Higher Ed:

• Republicans Push PELL Changes
  
• Op-Ed: Is the Bloom Off the Rose?
  

Ed Week:

• Latino College Student Graduation Lags Behind Average