higher education
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International student numbers up in Colorado
International student enrollment continues to climb at Colorado higher education institutions, according to data released by the Institute of International Education. The five percent increase suggests Colorado is gaining traction among students looking for a high-quality higher education experience abroad, according to a news release from StudyColorado, a state initiative to encourage and promote international…
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?AG to fund sexual assault prevention program
Citing national statistics that found one in five women – and one in 16 men – on college and university campuses will be the victims of either attempted or successful sexual assault, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced her office will fund a $336,000 program to offer sexual assault prevention education to college and university…
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How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans
For America’s wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election – or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins. For everyone else? Right now, neither candidate is proposing major tax changes. Tax policy is one of the issues on which the two nominees…
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CU enrollment up at all four campuses this year
Preliminary figures from the University of Colorado show the school’s Boulder campus has set a new record for freshman enrollment. The Daily Camera reports the number of freshman on the campus this fall is 6,435, an increase of 3.7 percent from the same time last year. The numbers, which also revealed increases in overall enrollment at each of…
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University of Wyoming faculty getting nine-month contracts
The University of Wyoming is opting for more nine-month appointments for faculty to save money instead of paying them for a full year, hoping some of them will continue to do research during the summer. School officials say department heads are usually given 12-month appointments to allow for summer administrative duties. Most faculty members are now on…
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May: When universities become day care
Back in 1993, Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York Democrat, warned against “defining deviancy down.” He was talking specifically about crime, about our getting used to it and not taking serious measures to fight it. But over the years since is there any realm of American or European life where acceptance of ever-increasing deviancy…
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New CDE Commissioner Crandall comments on Colorado legislators, new role
New Department of Education Commissioner Richard Crandall has a few weeks of work under his belt, and it has been overwhelming — the good kind of overwhelming, he said, the kind that has him buzzing with new ideas. “More than 30 organizations have contacted us, saying ‘Hey, we want to meet with you,’” Crandall told…