Video: Campaign pushes college completion
An estimated 600,000 Coloradans have college credits but never finished their degrees, and state officials would want change that.
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Ritter gets his higher ed plan
Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday urged the incoming governor and legislature to consider seriously the future of state colleges and universities, saying, “They can defer this problem for a time, or they can understand the urgency.”
Budget plan gives K-12 a bit more
Schools would receive a slight increase in state support under Gov. Bill Ritter’s proposed 2011-12 budget, but not enough to cover projected enrollment growth and inflation, and the total would be far short of the full Amendment 23 formula.
Ritter K-12 cuts a wash
Gov. Ritter is proposing to cut state support of schools by $156.3 million, to be replaced by $159 million in federal Edujobs funding
Clock starts ticking on tuition plans
While Colorado college students are loafing or waiting tables this summer, college administrators are getting to work on plans that could affect how much college will cost five years from now.
Educator effectiveness bill becomes law
Before Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law an overhaul of Colorado’s teacher evaluation system, he reached out to educators who fought to kill it.Video.
Ritter: Teacher bill “capstone” of reform
Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday praised Senate Bill 10-191, calling it one of the measures that “made our mark nationally” this year. Story, video
Debate takes shape over CCHE role on tuition
Should the Colorado Commission on Higher Education have a say in state college tuition increases before or after they’re imposed on students?
Ritter: “Tuition flexibility is not tuition autonomy”
Gov. Bill Ritter publicly weighed in on the growing discussion over college tuition Thursday, giving an expanded view on where he stands on the question of letting college boards set their own tuition rates.
Ritter signs soda, other tax bills
Those controversial tax exemption bills are now law, and another private school tax- credit bill was killed at the Statehouse Wednesday.
