Higher Ed Press Clips November 2007

November 30, 2007

Denver Post:

• Dean Named for New Public Health School
  
• Stem-cell Research Pot Sweetened
  
• State Education Goals on Target – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Dem Lawmaker’s Blast Ritter’s Construction Priorities
  
• Textbook Travails – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Approves 2030 Blueprint
  
• CU Withdraws Academic Bill of Rights
  
• CU Narrowly Backs Smoking Ban
  

Coloradoan:

• Funding Reduction Scales Back Climate Research Center Plans at CSU
  
• Renowned CSU Scientist Named Director of Center for Conservation Collaboration
  

Chieftain:

• Health Officials Continue Search for 41 Students
  

Tribune:

• Town Hall Meeting Focuses on Higher Education
  
  

November 29, 2007

Denver Post:

• 360 Cole Students Eligible for Scholarship
  
• On the Move – College Invest Personnel
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Foul Penned Editor to Lead Paper Until May
  

Daily Camera:

• University of Colorado Boosts Rigor, Increases Standards
  

November 28, 2007

Denver Post:

• Teacher Pay on State Panel’s Wish List
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Panel Calls for Sweeping Reforms for Schools
  
• Pioneers of Science – Editorial
  
• Carroll: For all of Higher Ed’s Cost, What are we Getting? – Columnist
  
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Inventories ‘Chemicals of Interest’ for Security Measures
  
• Ashcroft Talks Security Battles Hecklers
  

Coloradoan:

• Lubick Leaves a Legend
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P President: P-20’s Work Not Done
  
• P-20 Council Hands Ideas to Governor
  
  

November 27, 2007

Denver Post:

• Molson Coors Ends College Contest
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Dome in Need of Do Over
  

Chieftain:

• Higher Ed Chief Argues for Funding
  
• CSU-P Chief Deferred to Health Officials on TB Cases
  
• P-20 Council Votes Today on Recommendations to Governor
  

Gazette:

• Profit is Against Donor’s Wishes
  

Tribune:

• Vestas Plans to Build Research and Development Center in US
  

Boulder County Business Report:

• Coalition Works to Keep Federal Labs in State
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• Local Faculty Productive
  
  

November 22-26, 2007

Denver Post:

• Collegians’ Book, Tuition Concerns on the Same Page
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Offers New Tool for Prospective Students
  
• CSU Might Drop C Minus Grades
  

Chieftain:

• CCHE Chief to Visit PCC, CSU-Pueblo
  
• ASC Athletics Grows Scholars
  
• State Panel Seeks to Improve Energy Impact Grants – Guest Commentary
  

Sentinel:

• Commission Okays $1.3 Million for 4 Organizations, Mesa State College
  

November 21, 2007

Rocky Mountain News:

• Scholarship will Honor Former Judge
  

Daily Camera:

• Officers Bracing for CU-NU Game Problems
  

Chieftain:

• PCC Offers Program in Burning Science
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Campus Project Underway
  
  

November 20, 2007

Denver Post:

• Pharmion Sale Shows Colorado’s Bioscience Vigor
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU to Check Backgrounds of All Hires and Promotions
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Set to Offer Extension to Bohn
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Receives $3 Million to Create Chair in Equine Orthopedics
  
• CSU Weighs Background Checks
  

November 17-19, 2007

Denver Post:

• Education Reform Panel to Finalize Proposal
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ed Panel Suggests Reforms
  
• Popular Gov’s Ability to Lead Faces Big Test
  

Daily Camera:

• CU’s Personnel Checks get more Stringent
  
• FBI Study Looks at Campus Crimes
  
• Tupa Backs Curbing Costs for Textbooks
  

Coloradoan:

• Landers Retires from Board that Oversees CSU’s Student Newspaper
  

Chieftain:

• ASC Leader in Raising Hispanic Graduation Rates
  
• ASC Earns Kudos for Serving Hispanics
  
• PCC Celebration Pays Tribute to Mega Donors
  
• Education Panel Closer to Making Recommendations
  
  

Colorado Daily:

• Helping Hand
  

November 16, 2007

Denver Post:

• Education Reform Panel to Finalize Proposal
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CCD Interviewing 5 Semifinalists
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU RamRide on Pace to Break Records
  
  

November 15, 2007

Denver Post:

• CU Scraps Joint Journalism School in Pakistan
  
• Metro Pay Plan a Step Forward – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• Sky’s the Limit – Editorial
  

Gazette:

• Military Spouses can get Education Funds
  
  

November 14, 2007

Denver Post:

• CSU Editor Eyes Suit over Proposed Profanity Rules
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter Touts State’s Intellectual Workforce
  

Daily Camera:

• Professors Silenced at CU – Guest Columnist
  

Sentinel:

• Legislators Cancel Talks on Mineral Revenue
  
  

November 13, 2007

Denver Post:

• Merit Pay Vote Today at Metro
  
• Women Take Reins: Vet Students at CSU Now Decidedly Female
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CCD Pares Down Field to Five
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Admissions: Foreign Student Enrollment Rebounding
  
• CU Students Save Homeless Shelters Money
  

Coloradoan:

• Collegian Editor Vows to Fight Changes to Bylaws
  

November 10-12, 2007

Denver Post:

• Trial Ok’d in Lawsuit Against CU
  
• Asphalt and Ivy are both Critical – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• Colleges Prepare as Students Return from Wars Abroad
  
• Elders Brave College Life
  
• Court Rejects CU’s Request
  

Chieftain:

• Fall Enrollment Up, So Are Student Loans
  
• Adams State College Programs of Note
  
• A New Plan – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Student Enrollment Jumps at Rangely College
  
  

November 9, 2007

Denver Post:

• Ritter Vows to Limit Requests for ’08 Tax Hike to ‘One Thing’
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ritter May Seek Tax Hike for One of Three Issues
  

Daily Camera:

• Former Defense Secretary Speaks at CU
  

Chieftain:

• Higher Education Milestone
  
• Chavez Grant to Help College Prep
  
• Education Forum to Send Suggestions to State Panel
  

Gazette:

• CU wants to Clear the Air
  
  

November 8, 2007

Denver Post:

• CU Freshman Found Injured in Campus Basement
  
• Smoking Ban Goes to Far – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Rancher Named to CSU Panel
  

Coloradoan:

• Gifts Jumpstart Sports Complex
  
  

November 7, 2007

Rocky Mountain News:

• Idea of Smoking Ban at CU Floated
  

Daily Camera:

• Regent: Ban Smoking at CU
  
• Student Loan Default
  

Chieftain:

• Ritter Stumps for State Budget
  
• Funding Higher Ed – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Portion of Mesa State Tuition will Reward Its Teachers
  
  

November 6, 2007

Denver Post:

• CU Tries to Ignite Push for Smoke Free Campus
  

Chieftain:

• State Leaders Seek Input on Education
  

November 3-5, 2007

Denver Post:

• What’s in a College Name? – Guest Columnist
  
• CU Students to Fight Ban on Concealed Guns on Campus
  
• Time Will Tell on Budget Plan – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CCD Narrows Search for President
  
• Auditor Has Established Reputation in Big Cases
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Grad Onboard with Biodiesel
  
• Coffee Shops Changing Libraries
  

Coloradoan:

• PSD Students Staying Close for College
  
• CSU VP Earns Award for Energy Conservation
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P, PCC to Kick Off Anniversary Events
  
• Changing Times Brings New Programs to ASC
  
• ASC, Community Have Long History of Cooperation
  
• Colleges Need to Focus on Civic Literacy – Guest Columnist
  

Sentinel:

• CU Chief Wants to See Changes in Funding for Higher Ed
  
• Mesa State Project Not Included on Ritter’s List
  
• Mesa State Newspaper Wins National Award
  

Colorado Daily:

• Eco Solutions Super-sized
  

 

November 2, 2007

Denver Post:

• Ritter Budget Thinks Outside Prisons’ Walls
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• ‘Moral’ Budget Offered
  
• Scientists Eye New Measure of Hurricanes
  
• Factory Expansion a Windfall for the State
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Work Study Could Get Boost
  

Coloradoan:

• Grants to CSU Help Tap Power of Sugar Beets, Algae
  
• Two CSU Scientists Receive Presidential Award
  

Chieftain:

• CCHE Wants Increase in Higher Ed Funding
  
• Governor Releases ’09 Fiscal Budget
  

Sentinel:

• Higher Ed Board: Funding Up, Still Short
  
• Groups Delay Review of State Mineral Revenue, Penry Says
  
  

November 1, 2007

Daily Camera:

• More for Higher Ed – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• Business Dean Bringing Ivory Tower to Main Street
  

Gazette:

• Ritter’s Higher Ed Budget Grows by 8%