Tag: higher education
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Trends and challenges in higher education | Tom Cronin
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Americans are both proud and critical of our higher-education system. More American universities are highly ranked than those in other countries. More international students come here than to any other country. And basic research at U.S. universities has earned more patents and Nobel Prizes than elsewhere. Yet trust in colleges and universities has dramatically declined. Costs have dramatically increased and more parents are…
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Back to school: CU Denver offers retirees guidance for next chapter
Going to college is often associated with the phase in life when a person begins or pivots their professional career, but what about the phase when it’s winding down? With this question in mind, the University of Colorado Denver developed a program to help retirees look toward their futures. Based on successful programs at universities like…
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CU workers organizing to demand collective bargaining
Workers across the University of Colorado system are organizing for a unified message for its leadership: create a path to collective bargaining. This week, a day of action will be held at the university system’s four campuses to provide information about collective bargaining and discuss ongoing workforce challenges. This “Day of Action” will take place…
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Marking 60 years, UCCS looks forward to its next chapter
As University of Colorado Colorado Springs leadership, alumni, staff and faculty celebrated 60 years with a look back at its history, they also looked ahead during the school’s annual State of the Campus on Wednesday. UCCS Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet welcomed former chancellors, longtime teachers and other community members as she updated them on recent milestones…
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Colorado schools growing the next generation of teachers in their classrooms
At Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, first-year family and consumer sciences culinary teacher Taiyah Mooney feels right at home. In addition to graduating from the very school not long ago in 2022, she returned to her stomping grounds uniquely equipped to begin her career as an educator. Mooney marks the first D-11 teacher to…
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Colleges pitch return on investment
WASHINGTON — For a generation of young Americans, choosing where to go to college — or whether to go at all — has become a complex calculation of costs and benefits that often revolves around a single question: Is the degree worth its price? Public confidence in higher education has plummeted in recent years amid high tuition prices, skyrocketing student…
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New Colorado College president looks to affirm school’s place in higher ed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a year as Colorado College’s interim leader that saw massive challenges for higher education, Manya Whitaker is doubling down on her school’s mission as she begins her tenure as the liberal arts school’s 15th president. Reestablishing the college’s prominence in academics while celebrating its…
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Manya Whitaker named the next president of Colorado College
Manya Whitaker has been with the school since 2013 and worked as a professor and vice president
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School districts, industries unite to expand career education in Pikes Peak Region
Following years of high-skill job growth in the Pikes Peak region, its public school districts and businesses alike have taken strides in working together to build up tomorrow’s workforce. While each local school district has historically offered its own career and technical education programs, also referred to as “vocational education” or “tech ed” over the…
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Jack Briggs, Springs Rescue Mission CEO, to step down
Jack Briggs, president and CEO of Springs Rescue Mission, is stepping down. The Colorado Springs-based nonprofit announced Tuesday that Briggs, who assumed leadership in October 2020, will be leaving his position effective Sept. 30. “This decision came after a lot of prayer and talking with my family,” Briggs said. “Springs Rescue Mission’s work is incredibly…