university
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Colorado bill seeks to expand in-state tuition for students after one year of residency
Colorado students must live in the state for at least three years to get in-state tuition for college. Now lawmakers want to offer cheaper tuition to students after only one year. If enacted, House Bill 1155 would make students eligible for in-state tuition at all higher education institutions if they have lived in the state…
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Metropolitan State University of Denver names Kelly Brough chief strategy officer
After leading the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce for 12 years, Kelly Brough is headed to Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she will serve as chief strategy officer – a new role for the university. When announcing her resignation from the chamber earlier this year, she said two issues mattered deeply to her: housing…
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Gov. Jared Polis takes aim at COVID misinformation, presents 2022-23 budget
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday presented his 2022-23 budget to the Joint Budget Committee, whose members quizzed him on why he isn’t putting more money into higher education and how he intends to address a looming structural budget deficit. The governor also took aim at those spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, saying it is causing…
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Beall: It’s time for regime change at the University of Colorado
President Bruce Benson’s stewardship of the state’s flagship university system has stalled, and neither he nor his massive administration is articulating a clear vision or mission for CU. The university system has strayed from its role as the state’s preeminent university and increasingly resembles a profit-seeking enterprise. From the beginning, Benson was an unlikely president…
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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…