higher education
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Colorado Senate OKs letting community colleges issue high school diplomas
Update: Senate Bill 7 passed the House in a 57-8 vote on April 26. It will next be sent to Gov. Jared Polis for final consideration. Community colleges in Colorado may soon be able to issue high school diplomas, if a bill passed by the state Senate becomes law. Senate Bill 7 seeks to allow community…
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Colorado legislature OKs reducing prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education
Colorado has among the worst recidivism rates in the country, with over 50% of people released from prison ending up back behind bars within three years. On Friday, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill supporters say would help change that. If signed into law, House Bill 1037 would reduce prison sentences for non-violent offenders who complete higher education while incarcerated.…
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Some Colorado colleges enroll more first-generation students. Should they get more money?
Colorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the first in their families to go to college, under a bill proposed this year. The largely symbolic bill has fed a bigger debate about how Colorado funds its public colleges. It also spurred a conversation…
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House passes bill to reduce prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education
An effort to incentivize Colorado prisoners to pursue higher education took a major step forward on Tuesday, receiving near-unanimous approval from the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1037 would deduct six months from an inmate’s prison sentence for earning a certificate while incarcerated, one year for an associate or bachelor’s degree, 18 months for a master’s degree…
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Colorado Govs. Polis, Romer join in partnership with Western Governors University
Gov. Jared Polis joined forces with former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer last week to partner with Western Governors University – a private nonprofit online university founded by Romer and 18 other governors. Polis signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 6 as “WGU Colorado Day,” recognizing an official partnership between the state and the organization, which WGU…
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Colorado advances proposal to qualify adjunct professors for federal loan relief
Adjunct professor Andrea Troncoso has over $130,000 in student debt, and, despite faithfully making payments for over a decade, the balance is only going up. Though Troncoso works more than full-time hours at the Community College of Denver and Metropolitan State University, she is not considered a full-time professor because adjuncts are contract workers only…
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State House approves adding suicide hotlines to college student IDs
An effort to add suicide hotline numbers to student identification cards took a huge step forward Tuesday, receiving approval from the state House of Representatives. If passed by the state Senate, House Bill 1007 would require Colorado’s higher education institutions to print the phone and text numbers of statewide and national mental health crisis and suicide hotlines…
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Metro State University Denver locks tuition for undergrads as inflation rises
Metropolitan State University of Denver will keep tuition rates the same for undergraduate students under a tuition lock program the school unveiled this week. University officials said the move was spurred by skyrocketing inflation. “Our students are facing tremendous financial challenges right now,” university President Janine Davidson said in a news release. “Many are working…
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CU Board of Regents: District 1 race as close as it gets; District 8 leaders have slight leads
Johnnie Nguyen has a slight lead over his primary challenger to become the Democratic nominee for the open District 1 seat on the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents, according to early unofficial results. Nguyen, a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver and Boulder, had 538 more votes — or less than 1 percentage…
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CSU names interim Fort Collins president, launches nationwide search
Rick Miranda, the chief academic officer for the three-campus Colorado State University System, was named interim president of CSU Fort Collins by the system’s Board of Governors on Friday morning. Miranda will assume the position on July 1. He replaces Joyce McConnell, who was named the university’s first woman president in 2019. “Few people have…