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2021 Press Releases
- Oct. 8, 2021: Governor Polis Announces Colorado Free Application Days
- Sept. 27, 2021: Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative awards $15 million for support services aimed at workers displaced by COVID-19
- Sept. 21, 2021: State launches work and education opportunities for Coloradans
- Aug. 10, 2021: Department selects Dr. Roberto Montoya as first-ever chief educational equity officer
- Aug. 5, 2021: Investing in a college degree can provide Coloradans with resiliency, security, and wealth in times of prosperity and recession
- Aug. 3, 2021: CDHE launches Advisors LEAD – an equity-focused professional development certification
- July 19, 2021: Four Colorado campuses earn Hunger Free and Healthy Minds designations as they work to erase hunger and address the mental health needs of college students
- May 26, 2021: Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative approves 40 new local scholarship proposals
- May 4, 2021: Statewide educational attainment continues to grow
- April 27, 2021: Department statement on Colorado public colleges and universities requiring the COVID vaccine
- April 15, 2021: College-going rates among students of color see an increase despite little change in statewide rates
- April 13, 2021: Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative approves 15 new local scholarship proposals
- April 6, 2021: Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and One Million Degrees launch “Finish What You Started”
- March 17, 2021: Inaugural Educational Equity Day of Dialogue brings together education partners to sign letter of commitment
- March 9, 2021: CDHE partners with Regent Education on a solution that provides undocumented Colorado students with equitable online experience when applying for state financial aid
- March 5, 2021: Colorado Commission on Higher Education approves 27 grant projects to continue expanding access and student savings in Colorado
- March 4, 2021: Colorado’s educator preparation programs show increase in enrollment and completion
- February 24, 2021: Department releases Healthy Minds and Hunger Free Campus Checklists in an effort to erase hunger and address mental health needs
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