A long-debated proposal about college tuition for illegal immigrants is being debated in the Colorado Senate.
But the real test awaits across the hall in the Republican-led House.
This year’s immigrant tuition bill would allow residents who are illegal immigrants to attend state universities at tuition rates that are higher than those for in-state students but lower [...] [...]
It’s two days before the Colorado College men’s ice hockey season begins and the team at the World Arena has their game faces on.
Making ice is one of their specialties. And while Colorado College hockey games only represent 22 of the 250 events each year in the World Arena, hockey is a big part of [...] [...]
There’s something about college students and pizza that go together like warm cheese and bread crusts.
Classes started a month ago at Colorado College — and that means one thing, at least 5,000 pizzas have been consumed by hungry students.
Each year, the Colorado College students, faculty, visitors and conference guests spend about $49 million on goods [...] [...]
Jill Tiefenthaler recently began her new job as Colorado College’s 13th president.
Tiefenthaler was most recently a provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University.
She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Ind., in 1987; her master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Duke University in 1989 and 1991, [...] [...]
Colorado College has announced that Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler, provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, has been named as the college’s new president.
She will begin her job as president on July 1.
President Richard Celeste will retire on June 30, after leading the college for nine years.
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An anchor of the Colorado Springs underground is pulling up stakes to make room for bigger things.
Vintage clothing, music and outsider art-shop The Leechpit has occupied a quaint spot at 708 N. Weber St. since the day Johnny Cash died in September 2003. Owner Adam Leech is moving the store this month to 802 N. [...] [...]
Colorado College has received a $490,000, three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to support new approaches to the arts.
The college plans to develop a curriculum that reinforces its interdisciplinary initiatives, with an emphasis on film and new media.
College officials said the grant will also allow the college to explore the implications of digital communication and [...] [...]
Colorado College received a $10 million grant for high-need and first-generation students.
The grant came from the Walton Family Foundation, and the college’s goal is to match the grant with an additional $10 million, creating a $20 million infusion of new endowed scholarship funds during the next five years.
“This addition to our endowed financial aid will [...] [...]
Just five seasons ago, the Tigers drew 158,923 fans to the World Arena for an average of 6,622 per game. By last year, that number had dropped to fewer than 135,000, or 6,443 on average. [...]
Two Colorado Springs colleges made it on to the Forbes.com “Best Colleges” list.
They were the highest-ranked of 11 Colorado schools on the list of the top 610 best schools.
The United States Air Force Academy ranked No. 11 (down from No. 7 last year) and Colorado College was No. 51 (up from 53 in 2009).
Other ranked [...] [...]
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