Higher Ed Press Clips March 2008

March 1-3, 2008

Denver Post:

• More Savings go to College Funds
  
• The Next Generation of Rocket Scientists – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colleges See Record Number of Applicants
  
• Educators Tentatively Back Ritter Plan But Await Details
  
• State Representative Takes on High Cost of College Textbooks
  
• Panel Tables Bill Giving Tuition to Decorated Vets
  

Daily Camera:

• The Process Worked – Opinion Columnist
  
• All Female A Cappella Group Finds Voice at CU
  

Coloradoan:

• Streamlining Purchasing is Good Move – Editorial
  
• CSU Marks Holocaust Awareness Week
  

Gazette:

• Bill Would Waive College Tuition for Some Injured Veterans
  

Chieftain:

• College Plans Women’s History Month Events
  
• State Looks to Unshackle Constitutional Straightjacket – Guest Columnist
  

Sentinel:

• Colorado Mountain College Ups Tuition
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• ConocoPhillips Arrival in Area ‘Shot in the Arm’
  

March 4, 2008

Denver Post:

• A License to Bare Loyalties
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• College Students Lobby for Funding
  

Daily Camera:

• Philosophy Prof to Give Affirmative Action Lecture
  

Gazette:

• Governor Wants to Tap Tuition Increases
  
• Expert: Turbulent Times but Ahead of the Curve
  

Chieftain:

• Lawmakers to Focus on Taxes, Reform Issues
  

Sentinel:

• Mountain College Selects New President
  

March 5, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Gets $1 Million to Study Biofuels
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Dedicates Apartment to Former President
  

Coloradoan:

• Name by Name Holocaust Remembered
  

Sentinel:

• Colorado Mountain College will Continue with Senior Program
  

Colorado Daily:

• Finishing the Job
  

 March 6, 2008

Denver Post:

• Tax Plan Would Aid Higher Ed
  
• CSU’s Online School will Offer a Nontraditional Path
  
• Education Plan Isn’t Enough – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• Oil Tax may Fuel Higher Ed
  

Chieftain:

• Education Group Wants Mining Tax Hiked
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State Plans New Residence Hall
  

 March 7, 2008

Denver Post:

• Benson to Start at CU Next Week
  
• Don’t Spend it Until You Get It – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Benson Assuming CU Post on Monday
  

Daily Camera:

• Brown says Time was ‘Enormously Fulfilling’
  
• Passing the Torch at CU
  

Coloradoan:

• Disclosure Bill Books Through Committee
  
• CSU Latina Students Offer Girls Glimpse of Success
  

Chieftain:

• Lawmakers Unveil Ideas for Constitutional Reform

 March 8-10, 2008

Denver Post:

• Severance Tax Higher Ed’s Salvation?
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Panel Stalls on Tuition Vote
  
• Brown Says CU Perceived as Being Aloof
  
• Cap the Vet Tuition Benefit – Editorial
  
• State Funds to Target Learning Gap
  

Daily Camera:

• Hank Brown Walks Away Amid Friends
  
• Benson Already in Swing of Things at CU
  
• CU’s Hank Brown: Legacy of a Leader
  
• CU Luring Young Donors
  
• Brown’s Classes Expected to be Popular
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Trading LEED for Green
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P President to Speak in Washington
  
• Legislators in Halftime of Session
  

Colorado Daily:

• Brown a Look Back
  

 March 11, 2008

Denver Post:

• Critic of CU Hired to Guide Title IX Effort
  
• Benson Gets Down to Business on First Day as President
  
• Moves Target Affirmative Action
  
• Constitution is too Easy to Alter – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Goal: Overturning Amendment 41
  
• CU Title IX Adviser Won’t go Easy on Sexism
  
• Benson Eyes Exercise at Med School
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Brings on Title IX Adviser
  
• Space Shuttle Launches with CU Alum Aboard
  
• Patrick Mulligan to Run for Regent
  
• Mitton: Process Worked for Six Regents – Guest Opinion
  

Coloradoan:

• Pursuit of Energy Research Continues
  

March 12, 2008

Denver Post:

• Tuition-increase Outline Deadlocks in Committee
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Higher Education Panel Oks Tuition Hikes of 5-9 Percent
  
• Higher Ed Mandates Hobble Institutions – Guest Opinion
  
• Shuttle Astronaut, Cargo have CU Ties
  

Daily Camera:

• Bruno a Finalist for CU Job
  
• Karson Defends ‘Asian’ War Column
  

Coloradoan:

• AVA Decision Should Force Reexamination – Editorial
  

Tribune:

• State Needs to do the Right Thing for Aims – Guest Commentary
  

 March 13, 2008

Denver Post:

• Fund Our Higher Education – Opinion
  
• CU Signals its Willingness to Take Athletics Seriously
  

Chieftain:

• Racetracks want Electronic Gaming to Help Higher Ed
  
• House Passes College Textbook Measure

 March 14, 2008

Coloradoan:

• Smaller Tuition Hike Expected at CSU
  

Sentinel:

• College Students Give Up Sun and Surf for Hammers and Nails
  

Wyoming Business Report:

• Wyo Kids Have Chance to Win $1000 for College
  

 March 15-17, 2008

Denver Post:

• Incubator a Giant Leap for Startups
  
• Bill Would Swap out CSAP for ACT
  
• Opportunity Glitters for Geology Graduates
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Master Plan for Higher Ed – Guest Opinion
  
• State College Tuition Could Rise 9.5%
  

College Assault Reports Up


Daily Camera:

• Bohn to Assemble Anti-Violence Advisers
  

Coloradoan:

• Universities Partner for Program
  
• Higher Ed Funding Question Looms – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• Tuition Hikes for CU System Advance
  

Sentinel:

• New Degree at Mesa Emphasizes Animation
  
• Parking Garage Still Needs Inspection
  

 March 18, 2008

Daily Camera:

• Attorneys: Give Columbine Depositions to CU Prof
  

Coloradoan:

• Vandals Tag Buildings Across CSU
  

9News:

• CSU to Start Online School

 March 19, 2008

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Buys Downtown Denver Building for its Business School
  

Daily Camera:

• Madeleine Albright to Speak at CU
  
• CU Quarterback Running for Student Government
  

Chieftain:

• LCC President Search Narrowed to 2 Finalists
  
• CSU-P Announces Dean Finalists
  

Tribune:

• Public Support ‘Turns Tide’ in Funding for Aims, President Says
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State College Club Helps Cover Prom Cost
  

 March 20, 2008

Denver Post:

• New Slate of School Reforms
  
• Time-off Change Would Cost State
  
• Barnes a Renowned CU Prof
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Simpler Education Reform Bill Unveiled
  

Daily Camera:

• Veterans who are Students Seek Greater Tuition Relief
  
• CU Planning $40 Million Building
  

Chieftain:

• Governor Unveils Measure for Education Reform
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU to Unveil Business Side of Clean Energy Cluster
  

Gazette:

• CSAP Likely to be Overhauled Under Ritter’s Education Plan
  

 March 21, 2008

Denver Post:

• $700,000,000 Budget Shortfall What’s Getting Cut?
  
• CSU Speeding its Research to Market
• Dog Tracks Give up on Electronic Gaming
  
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Proposal Aims to Raise Taxes on Oil and Gas Industry
  
• Clean Energy Focus of CSU Program
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Ranks High for Sending Low-Income Students Abroad
  
• Survey: College Students Plan to Get out the Vote
  

Chieftain:

• Education Reform – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Energy Research Cluster Heralded at Capitol
  
• Legislature Spares CSU’s Projects, but Cuts FRCC’s
  

Gazette:

• Economic Slowdown Could Cost State $700 Million Over Next 5 Years
  

Durango Herald:

• Lawmakers, Ritter Propose Test Reforms
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Cenergy New Business Arm of CSU Clean Energy Supercluster
  

 March 22-24, 2008

Denver Post:

• Democrats Push for State to Save More
  
• State Missed Chance to Save – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Plug Pulled on Science Building at Auraria
  
• CSU Launching Clean Energy Effort
  
• UCD Grant Funds Study of Diabetes in Indians
  
• A Better Severance Plan – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Some CU Students Opting for Alternative Breaks
  
• CU Professor Receives $200,000 Award for Cancer Research
  
• Innovative Solutions for Abstract Ideas
  

Chieftain:

• Adams State Makes Safety a Top Priority for Campus – Guest Commentary
  
• Economy Buries ‘Racino’ Idea
  
• ASC Students Okay Fee Hike for New Dorm, Repairs
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU to Host Climate Conference
  

Tribune:

• Governor Lauds Business School at UNC Stop
  

Time-Call:

• Proposed Bill Mirrors SVVSD’s Work
  

 March 25, 2008

Denver Post:

• State Budget Proposal Adds 1,334 to Payroll
  
• CSU Opens Eco Friendly Dinning Complex
  
• Auraria Leaders Push Funds for Building Project
  
• Energy Firm Sets its Sight on Research
  
• Digging a Hole for Higher Ed – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Educators, Pols Battle Over Auraria’s Big Hole in the Ground
• Big Battle Over Building
  

Chieftain:

• State Budget to Focus on Job Growth
  

Coloradoan:

• Committee Recommends Hike in Higher Education Funds
  

Tribune:

• Senators Plan to Ask for Severance Tax Rise
  

CBS-4

• Lawmakers Begin Debate on Shrinking State Budget

 March 26, 2008

Denver Post:

• Auraria Building Gets a Pump Up
  
• Ritter, Lawmakers Propose Auraria Building Solution
  
• Severance Tax Teamwork
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Auraria Hole may be Boon
  
• Auraria Science Building a Go
  
• The Auraria Lifeline – Editorial
  

Coloradoan:

• Woodward Adds High Paying Jobs
  
• Former CSU Employee Pleads Guilty to Embezzling About $30,000
  

Sentinel:

• GOP to Focus on Fiscal Divide in Budget Talks
  

 March 27, 2008

Denver Post:

• Colorado Fills Sails for Wind R&D
  
• United Front on Severance Tax – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Dean Investigates Campus Press Recruitment of Karson
  

Sentinel:

• Plan to take Funds from College Fails
  

Gazette:

• Fake Crisis will Test Emergency Response
  

Colorado Daily:

• Reaching Towards a Rainbow
  

 March 28, 2008

Denver Post:

• 12 CU Programs Make Top 10 List
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Colleges are Watching Troubled Students
  

Daily Camera:

• Regents Approve Bruce Benson’s Contract
  
• Hank Brown Gets New CU Gig
  

Gazette:

• UCCS’ New Mascot is a 165-Pound Mountain Lion
  

March 29-31, 2008

Denver Post:

• At CU, Two Arts Beat as One
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Greenberg’s Focus: More Science, Tech, College Prep
  
• A Meaningful Diploma – Editorial
  
• Severance Sideshows – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Audit: Student Union Speaker Funding Rules OK
  
• Celebrating 60 Years of CWA at CU
  

Coloradoan:

•  CSU Transforming Campus
  

Chieftain:

• Dems Adamant About College Construction Spending
  
• Environmental Groups Agree on Funding Request
  
• Good Jobs – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Funds will Pay for Recruitment, Education for Energy Industry Jobs
  

Tribune:

• Ag Talk: New CSU Ag Dean Must Understand Industry
  

Reporter Herald:

• Ritter’s Office to Host Loveland Meeting on Tech Education