If it seems to you that more and more people are moving to Colorado every year, you’re right. The U.S. Census Bureau reported yesterday that that state’s population grew by 2 percent, or 95,267 people, between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007. That puts the state’s population at 4.8 million and ranks it as [...]
Continue reading …Higher education in Colorado accounts for $4.25 billion in wages and salaries, according to a study released yesterday [630Kb pdf] by the Adams Group. The analysis counted 57,675 people working in higher education in Colorado, with another 39,888 indirect or induced jobs. The $4.25 billion figure comes from the assumption that the jobs pay the [...]
Continue reading …Pima Medical Institute has moved to a new, expanded location. The privately owned medical school has moved from Printers Parkway and Pikes Peak Avenue to 3770 N. Citadel Drive. “It’s a good move for us, because it brings in foot traffic – the location is more visible,” spokeswoman Monica Jones said. “But it’s good for [...]
Continue reading …Denver Public Schools board has given the given the green light for creation of the city’s first charter high school that will focus on business education, according to a story from the Denver Business Journal. The board approved the charter application of Denver Venture School. Classes are scheduled to start next fall. The school will [...]
Continue reading …The University of Colorado’s Presidential Search Committee wants to know what Colorado Springs residents think CU’s next president should be like. The committee will hold a meeting to solicit comment at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce office, 2 N. Cascade Ave., suite 110. CU Regent Steve Bosley, who chairs [...]
Continue reading …Fort Carson will host the 6th Annual Community Sustainability Conference and Expo from noon to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 S. Circle Drive. This year’s theme is “Securing the Future – A Sustainability Strategy.” The conference is an educational forum intended [...]
Continue reading …St. Louis-based nonprofit Webster University, which has two campuses in Colorado Springs, has received a $10 million donation from former U.S. Ambassador George H. Walker III. The gift is the largest single donation in Webster’s 92-year history. Walker cited Webster’s “tremendous international outreach” as the motivation for the donation. “Having served abroad in Hungary for [...]
Continue reading …Reports today that Colorado’s K-12 schools aren’t making progress do not bode well for the state’s economic development efforts. According to the 2007 Colorado Student Assessment Program results released yesterday, one-third of students cannot read adequately and nearly half are below standards in math, with 70 percent of 10th-graders below proficiency in arithmetic. Colorado Springs [...]
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