A bare, 5-4 majority of the Senate Education Committee on Thursday killed a measure that would have set a 6 percent cap on annual tuition increases by state colleges and universities. Although Senate Bill 15-062 was sponsored by the panel’s senior...
The first week and a half of the 70th Colorado General Assembly proved to be active, with legislators proposing several higher education bills and Gov. John Hickenlooper outlining priorities for his second term in the State of the State address, in which...
For 8 years now volunteers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have set up a booth for free health screenings. They’ll check body mass index and blood glucose, vision and blood pressure.
State lawmakers have introduced a bill that would indefinitely cap tuition increases at 6 percent per year for most Colorado colleges and universities. The bill was introduced by Sen. Andy Kerr and Rep. Brittany Pettersen, both Lakewood Democrats, to help...
A bill that would indefinitely extend the current 6 percent cap on annual tuition increases at state colleges and universities was introduced by two Democratic lawmakers Monday.
The month before his second term starts, Gov. John Hickenlooper is painting a bleak picture of Colorado's future budget situation, even as the state's economic fortunes improve. "Some of the things we've taken for granted and counted...
There is a lot to like about a funding formula for colleges and universities recently approved by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The formula was crafted to emphasize the state's goals in higher ed — such as recruiting, retaining and...
Colorado's new formula to fund state colleges and universities based on schools' performance has unanimous support from the schools and is one step away from going to the legislature for approval.
Jack Finlaw, chief legal counsel for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, will be the next president and CEO of the University of Colorado Foundation, which manages CU donations and endowments, the university announced Thursday.
International headline grabbing advances in Alzheimer’s disease research are being made right here in Colorado, by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus physicians and researchers. CU Advocates hosted a lunch and learn, Wednesday, Oct. 15,...