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Higher Education
CU’s judicial affairs becomes the Office of Student Conduct
Name change meant to more accurately reflect their work
There are certain names that will always strike fear into the hearts of people, the DMV, the principal’s office and, quite possibly, the Office of Judicial Affairs.
Thank you, CU?
High standards prepare students for the working world
As graduating seniors, we’re often asked, “Are you ready to join the real world?” And though the adult responsibilities of mortgages, taxes and 401(k)s are intimidating, both of us can say we are quite ready to jump into the realm of professional journalism thanks to those who have believed in us.
State funding continues to dwindle
Budget cuts of $9.4 million to take place in July
Students may be finding themselves facing many new changes when the fall semester of 2010 begins in August thanks to the severe increase in budget cuts that the CU system is facing.
Technology changing curriculum
Task force to research new School of Information at CU
A task force is in the process of determining the possible formation of a new school at CU that will unite the curriculum and resources of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and ATLAS.
Taxes for higher education
A brighter future for CU’s troubled budget?
With Colorado public universities receiving almost no funding from the government, the state of Colorado is working to enact several taxes which will go, in part, towards higher education funding.
Student rally and march to the capitol
Hundreds protest rising costs of higher education
College students in the state of Colorado have watched as the state makes deeper cuts to higher education funding, leaving the future of their schooling suspended in doubt.
The tale of TABOR
One man’s taxes are another man’s tuition
Colorado is currently 50th in the nation for per-pupil funding for higher education, said Brittany Havey, a 22-year-old senior media studies major and co-director of legislative affairs for UCSU. “In the last 2.5 years, over 50 percent of our state’s budget for higher education has been cut,” Havey said. “And [Gov.] Ritter just announced another [...]