As the state budget bounces back and forth around the legislature, higher education institutions are bracing for a collective cut of up to $300 million. The Metropolitan State College of Denver has identified specific areas where changes could be made to fill a funding shortfall, but the leadership at Colorado's flagship institution is remaining quiet.
COLORADO'S FRONTPAGE
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Follow this topic by RSSDenver Post looks the other way on state of higher ed in Colorado
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May 11, 2009While the media has eagerly clambered to cover stories chronicling higher education's budget woes, reporters have rarely - if ever - bothered to look closely at the real sources of the problem.
Metro State identifies funding strategies; CU still quiet
April 20, 2009Leading conservatives saying yes to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
A Face the State Staff Report
February 27, 2009While Republican leaders in Colorado have voiced vocal opposition in recent years to providing in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, a handful of leading conservatives are now coming out in support of a legislative effort proposed by Democrats to allow Coloradans in-state tuition at the state's public colleges and universities regardless of immigration status.
Auraria campus home to new conservative student-run newspaper
A Face the State Staff Report
February 24, 2009As newspapers across the country struggle to keep their presses printing, a coalition of libertarian and conservative students at Denver's Auraria campus is publishing a new newspaper called The Constitutional Reporter
Could CU go 'private'?
A Face the State Staff Report
January 12, 2009As state lawmakers prepare to address Colorado's $604 million budget shortfall, CU President Bruce Benson is pushing for more autonomy for the school should state funding dry up. The move, however, wouldn't be as simple as doing without taxpayer dough.
Rethinking college in a bad economy
December 12, 2008The Denver Post is reporting today that "about one-third of the state's high school graduates are unprepared for college-level work and need remedial courses in their freshman year," with David Skaggs, director of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, saying the total cost is close to $30 million, nearly half of which comes directly out of the state budget.
The week in Colorado news: Amendment 46 chugs along, biased professors and CD 4 money
Face The State's Kate Melvin joins FTS managing editor Brad Jones for a look at the week that was in Colorado news.
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