Author: Jason Gonzales Chalkbeat Colorado
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New FAFSA delay is a ‘gut punch.’ What can Colorado families do now?
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Colorado students who plan to go to college this fall are facing yet another financial aid delay. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it wouldn’t be able to send Institutional Student Information Records in batches to colleges and universities until “the first half of March,” adding more frustrations to a new Free Application…
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Colorado advocates want to send schools a message: It’s never OK to hit a kid
Colorado would ban corporal punishment by schools and day care centers, if a bill proposed by two Democratic legislators becomes law. The state is one of 22 states that allows corporal punishment in education. It’s not clear how often it’s used — the state doesn’t collect that data and federal student discipline records show no…
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Some Colorado colleges enroll more first-generation students. Should they get more money?
Colorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the first in their families to go to college, under a bill proposed this year. The largely symbolic bill has fed a bigger debate about how Colorado funds its public colleges. It also spurred a conversation…
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Colorado community college enrollment increases slightly, but hasn’t bounced back fully
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, enrollment at the majority of Colorado community colleges increased slightly from the previous year. But that increase is driven largely by high school students taking courses for college credit, while enrollment for working-age adults remains well below pre-pandemic levels. Overall enrollment still has a long…
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Geography no barrier as rural colleges in Colorado expand online offerings
By Jason Gonzales Chalkbeat Colorado The state is spending $8.6 million on a new initiative that will let Colorado’s seven rural community colleges share programs and services so students — no matter where they live — get a wider set of educational opportunities. For example, a student at Lamar Community College in eastern Colorado could…
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As students return, CSU works to help them adjust to campus life during COVID
A sophomore like Joshua Duran typically would know the ins and outs of Colorado State University by the start of his second year. But as Duran helped sign up students interested in the United Men of Color student organization during this week’s Fall Student Involvement Expo, he found he didn’t know much about the Fort…
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Would Biden’s free community college plan boost all Coloradans?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a counselor, Matthew Miltenberg hears from some of his Poudre High School students that college isn’t right for them. Those students have come to believe that, even before they reach high school, he said. With the announcement of President Joe Biden’s proposal to make…
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Polis urges Colorado schools to stay open
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even as more Colorado school districts announce moves to remote learning, Gov. Jared Polis urged schools to remain open at least for preschool and elementary students while promising resources to help make that possible. Polis made the push during a Tuesday news conference in which…