Higher Ed Press Clips October 2007

October 31, 2007

Denver Post:

• Ritter Seeks 8% Boost in Higher Ed Funds
  
• DNC Security May Bunk in Dorms
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Guv: More Money for Higher Ed
  
• CU Aims to Recruit Veterans to Campus
  

Daily Camera:

• Biofuels Germinate at CU
  

Chieftain:

• Funding Higher Ed – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• Ritter Eyes More Higher Ed Spending
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Ritter Seeks 8% Boost in Higher Ed Funds
  

Cherry Creek News:

• Colorado’s College Invest Launches New Website
  
  

October 30, 2007

Daily Camera:

• CU Denver the Name for Two Campuses
  
• Most Student Related Fires Start Off Campus
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Prof Selected to Panel
  

Northern Colorado Business Report:

• CSU Part of Women’s Health Grant
  
  

October 27-29, 2007

Denver Post:

• Tuition Hurdle Tests Illegal Immigrant Kids
  
• US Investigating Whether Illegal Student Loans Made
  
• Rx for Higher Education – Guest Columnist
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CCD Faces Fraud
  
• Feds Give Metro State Green Light for Air Controller Program
  

Daily Camera:

• Treats Sweeten Faculty Evaluations
  

Chieftain:

• ASC’s Rosy Future Reflects Proud Past
  
• ASC Known for Close-knit Atmosphere Programs
  
• Pueblo Education Consortium – Guest Columnist
  

9news:

• CSU Professor with Autism Honored
  
  

October 26, 2007

Denver Post:

• UNC Battles Obscurity as Enrollment Slides
  
• Colorado Must Deal with Rising College Tuition Rate – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU Masters Program gets $400,000
  

Coloradoan:

• Students Track Position with Real Time Technology
  

Sentinel:

• New Law Could Boot Mesa State Trustees
  

Tribune:

• Regional Technology Incubator Announced
  
  

October 25, 2007

Denver Post:

• Rally Urges Education Access
  
• The State’s Community College System is Strong – Editorial
  
• Debate on New History Museum Continues
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Immigrant Students March for DREAM Act
  
• Colorado High Court to Rule on Gift Ban
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Expects Withdrawals Due to Wildfires
  

Chieftain:

• GOP Lawmakers Unveil Higher Education Plan
  
  

October 24, 2007

Denver Post:

• Audit: College Cutting Many Corners
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Community College of Denver Audit Finds Accounting Errors
  
• Republicans Unveil Higher Ed Bills
  
• Monforts to Donate $500,000
  

Daily Camera:

• Colo. GOP Proposes Higher Ed Reforms
  

Sentinel:

• Human Performance Lab will be State’s Most Advanced, College Says
  

Colorado Daily:

• Bricks and Mortar
  

October 23, 2007

Denver Post:

• Universities’ Tuition Far Outpaces Inflation
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• State College Tuition Hikes 2nd Steepest in the Nation
  
• CU-Boulder Reports 8 Cases of Staph Infection
  
• CU’s Solar House Earns Kudos in DC
  

Daily Camera:

• Spike in Staph Infections Among CU Students
  

Chieftain:

• PCC to Offer Classes to Young Inmates
  
• Campus Bomb Threat a Hoax
  
• College Costs Have Risen Again
  

Sentinel:

• Rockies CEO to give Half a Million Dollars to Mesa State
  

October 20-22, 2007

Denver Post:

• Higher Ed Needs Governor to Lead – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• ‘Ghetto’ Remark Offends
  
• Higher Ed’s PR Problem – Editorial
  
• Metro State Class goes Global with Start of Net Campaign
  

Daily Camera:

• Student Privacy Law may be Eased
  
• CU MBA Application Gets Creative
  
• CU’s Hank Brown Under Fire for ‘Ghettoize’ Comment
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Plan Eyes 8,200 Additional Students Over 5 Years
  
• Land Swap Reflects Diverse Values – Editorial
  

Chieftain:

• Colleges Say More Funding is Needed
  
• Governor Names CSU-P President to Education Panel
  

Gazette:

• Dividend Roulette – Editorial
  

Sentinel:

• GJ Stands Out for Funding Public College
  
• Mesa State Growth: The Sooner, the Better
  

Durango Herald:

• Unity May be Key to Funds
  

October 19, 2007

Denver Post:

• Higher Ed Unites on Higher Funding
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Hundreds Protest Textbook Prices
  
• Students Challenge Shift at CCU
  

Tribune:

• UNC President Clarifies Comments about Buck Event
  
  

October 18, 2007

Denver Post:

• UNC Chief: Greeley Hurts Image
  

Daily Camera:

• Experts: CU Needs Shorter Deadlines
  

Coloradoan:

• City-CSU Land Swap Beneficial
  

Sentinel:

• Local Attorney Named to Higher Education Commission
  
  

October 17, 2007

Denver Post:

• GOP Pushes English Proficiency, 4 Years of Math in High School
  
• CU Lab Animals Abused, PETA Claims
  
• Roan Gas Could be State Windfall
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Ex-Employee Alleges Animal Abuse at CU Labs
  

Chieftain:

• SLV Expects More Gas, Oil Revenue from the State
  

Tribune:

• Junior Achievement Teams with Monfort College of Business
  

October 16, 2007

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Makes Breakthrough in Type 1 Diabetes
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU, City Consider Trading Land
  

October 13-15, 2007

Daily Camera:

• University of Colorado Business School Making the Lists
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s Researchers Pitch in to Project’s Nobel Effort
  

Chieftain:

• Student Loan Debt is an Investment – Guest Columnists
  
  

October 12, 2007

Denver Post:

• More Minorities in State Colleges but Totals Low
  
• Governor Aims Fix for State Tech Woes
  

Coloradoan:

• College of Business at CSU Praised
  

Chieftain:

• PCC Hopes to Green its Image
  
• PCC Gets Grant to Help GED Students
  

Sentinel:

• Thirty Year Old Severance Tax Needs to be Updated for 21st Century – Guest Columnist
  
  

October 11, 2007

Denver Post:

• Tax Study Pumps up State’s Divide
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Educators Make Bid for Oil, Gas Revenue
  
• Clock Ticks on Promises Made by Ritter During Campaign
  

Daily Camera:

• Colorado Okay’s New Campus Buildings
  

Sentinel:

• Tax Reform Could become Regional Food Fight
  
  

October 10, 2007

Denver Post:

• State Could Have Collected $1.3 Billion More in Severance Taxes
  
• Columnist Diane Carmen Making Move to CU
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CU Appeals Reopening of Bias Suit
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Appeals Title IX Ruling
  

Chieftain:

• Great Partnership – Editorial
  

October 9, 2007

Rocky Mountain News:

• Bills Would Redirect Oil and Gas Money
  
• Campus Cops on Alert
  

Daily Camera:

• CSU Controversy: Editorial Flap Echoes Past Cases
  

Coloradoan:

• Republican Group Starts Newsletter
  

October 6-8, 2007

Denver Post:

• Alumni Get Hand
  
• Grad Standards are Necessary – Editorial
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• For CU’s Solar Decathlon Team, Pressure Heats Up
  
• Copyright Wrongs – Editorial
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Students Tryout for College Championships on Jeopardy
  

Chieftain:

• 19 Receive Scholarships in Science
  

Valley Courier:

• Higher Ed’s Future May be Up to Voters
  

Sentinel:

• As College Turns 40, Longtime Leader Reflects
  

Denver Business Journal:

• Anschutz’s Support Key to Building Health Care City
  

Colorado Daily:

• $2 Billion Short
  

October 5, 2007

Denver Post:

• Class action on graduation
  
• State's "No Child" rank challenged
  
• CSU editor admonished, will keep job
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• CSU student editor keeps job
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Collegian editor McSwane rebuked, will keep position
  
• CSU study: Economy of agriculture sustainable
  

Chieftain:

• CCHE OKs list of 32 construction projects
  

Craig Daily Press:

• Commission places CNCC on priority list
  

October 4, 2007

Denver Post:

• CSU Editor Faces Peer Review Today
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• $237 Million Sought for College Campus Upgrades
  
• Ex-CU Student Running for Regent
  
• Editorial Still Resonates as Ruling Nears on CSU Editor
  
  

October 3, 2007

Denver Post:

• CSU Set to Wage War on Bio-terror
  
• CU in Top Ten for Public College Research Funding
  
• Building Relationships at CU
  

Daily Camera:

• Ward Churchill Returns to CU for Unsanctioned Class
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU Unveils Bio-Containment Lab
  
  

October 2, 2007

Denver Post:

• Higher Education Seeks $3.7 Billion for buildings
  

Daily Camera:

• CU Astronaut Returns Buffs Flag
  
• $2.3 Million will Create Multicultural Center at CU
  

Coloradoan:

• A-B will give CSU $50,000 Grad Grant
  

Gazette:

• UCCS Wants Site to Payoff
  

Chieftain:

• Higher Prices for Higher Ed
  

Northern Colo. Business Report:

• CSU President Should Keep Pounding Higher-Ed Funding – Columnist
  

Sentinel:

• City to Give College $5 Million
  
  

October 1, 2007

Denver Post:

• College Admissions Get Dose of Sanity
  
• Romer Campaigns for Education Focus
  

Rocky Mountain News:

• Discovering Why Women Avoid Computer Science
  

Daily Camera:

• Report: When Freshmen Get Video Games Grades Dip
  
• Fraternity Membership Continues to Grow
  

Coloradoan:

• Five Ways to Finance College
  
• Lawsuit Looms as Collegian Hearing Proceeds
  

Chieftain:

• Joe Garcia’s Overall Plan
  
• Ritter Focuses on Work Force Needs in Alamosa Stop
  
• CU’s Brown: Make Grades Meaningful, not Inflated – Guest Columnist
  

Northern Colo. Business Report:

• Woodward grants CSU $1 Million
  

9news:

• Students Go Green at CSU, Not Just Because it’s a School Color