Amid state debates about the teaching of LGBTQ history, Thomas Dunn has been working to find and preserve stories — such as the lesbian ranchers who were some of the state’s early homesteaders — as part of the Queer Memory Project of Northern Colorado.
Jason Gonzales
Higher education reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado in partnership with Open Campus.
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Geography no barrier as rural Colorado colleges expand online offerings
The state’s seven rural community colleges will share programs and services to provide students a wider set of educational opportunities, no matter where they live.
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Pandemic upends Colorado college-going patterns
Students said they lost learning time due to remote instruction, worried more about college costs, and reported feeling exhausted as reasons they were less likely to finish college.
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How one man’s dream benefited 25,000 Western Slope students
From his tiny cabin in the 1960s, David Delaplane set an ambitious goal to start a college.
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MSU Denver struggles to rebound from pandemic enrollment dip
Students’ competing responsibilities, including jobs and caring for family, are driving the major declines, college officials say.
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How to bridge divides in Colorado
Colorado is a highly educated state. But it doesn’t do well in getting some of its own students to college.
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Rural Colorado students go to college at low rates. Tiny Fowler goes against the trend.
The town shows how a partnership among educators, parents, and the broader community can foster the idea that college will contribute to success — whether or not graduates return home.
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A Denver scholarship foundation wanted to know how to help Hispanic men get to college. Here’s what it found.
Students who never went to college heard early in their lives that they didn’t have the money to go. No one told them that they could thrive academically.
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How Colorado Mountain College sets example in practical preparation for jobs
School leaders credit the college’s connection to its communities as a reason why it has prioritized programs that meet the needs of mountain towns.
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U. of Colorado names Todd Saliman sole finalist for president
Supporters praised Saliman, the system’s interim president, for his ability to work with different constituencies. But Latino advocacy organizations raised concerns about the process.