State planners hope the federal pandemic relief money can help retrain residents who lost their jobs and put high-wage jobs within reach of a diverse cross section of Coloradans.
Jason Gonzales
Higher education reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado in partnership with Open Campus.
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Colorado higher education leaders: Students will lose if colleges don’t get more funding
“Our message to the state recognizes this moment in time,” one president said, “where we can choose between promise and peril for higher education.”
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How Colorado could get more students to complete the FAFSA
The state’s rate is low partly because it has not mapped out how to improve it, one expert said.
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Basic questions about money in Colorado
Colorado lawmakers plan to consider proposals to make college more accessible for students, but policymakers have contrasting perspectives about funding for colleges.
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Colorado’s 2022 legislative session: A look at the first education bills
They include proposals on workforce training and concurrent enrollment, and a bill that would prevent colleges from holding back transcripts over small unpaid bills.
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Colorado State of the State: Polis promises more investment in education
While promising to invest more — more in youth mental health, more in child care and preschool, more in K-12 schools, more in workforce training and higher education institutions — Polis’ speech did not go into details of new policy initiatives.
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Preparing Hispanic men for college
Disparate higher education outcomes have helped lead to two very different Colorados.
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Colorado graduates Hispanic men at low rates — but it can improve
At places like the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State, just 58 percent of Hispanic men graduate. At Metropolitan State University of Denver, only one in five do.
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Two Hispanic brothers wanted to go to college in Colorado. Here’s why only one made it.
The Hernandez brothers’ divergent paths highlight the challenges Hispanic men face in getting into college — and in getting through.
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Colorado governor’s budget proposal contains record-high education funding
The budget calls for an increase of 4.6% in operational support for colleges. The governor also wants to spend $7 million to help Coloradans enroll and succeed in higher education and job training.