State moving to new college admissions system
Big changes could be coming for Colorado college admissions and for remedial education of high schools grads who aren’t quite ready for college work.
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College attendance gap persists for Hispanics
Colorado’s Hispanic high school grads continue to lag other groups in college attendance, according to a new report.
College merit aid bill passes House
Update – The House Wednesday voted 59-5 to pass the bill that would reinstate state merit scholarships.
CMC to award first four-year degrees
Colorado Mountain College this week will award 58 bachelor’s degrees — a first for the community college that has 11 campuses in the central and northern mountains. The 2010 legislature gave CMC the power to award four-year degrees in a limited number of fields, and the college launched programs in business administration and sustainability studies [...]
Merit aid pulled from budget bill
Updated – A last-minute flap over undocumented students has cut $3 million in merit-based scholarships from the state budget bill.
Regents bite the bullet on tuition
The University of Colorado Board of Regents has approved 2013-14 undergrad tuition hikes ranging from 6 to 8.7 percent.
CU, community college tuition votes set
Both the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the state community college board will meet this week to consider proposed 2013-14 tuition rates. The regents meet Tuesday at the CU system’s Denver offices to consider increases proposed by the administration. The proposed increases for resident undergraduate students are 8.7 percent at the Boulder campus, [...]
JBC goes with $30M boost for colleges
The JBC tentatively decides on higher ed funding for 2013-14, and the parent trigger/school grades bill goes down to defeat. Capitol roundup
Colorado dual enrollment growing
The number of students who earned college credit while in high school grew 15.5 percent in two years, according to a new report.
Higher ed funding boost defeated
A bid to divert some energy tax revenues to higher education has been defeated, but other college revenue-raising efforts are moving ahead. Capitol roundup
