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Democratic Socialists Target Colorado Springs With Growing Activism And Local Campaigns
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Colorado Politics, Approved, Local

Democratic Socialists Target Colorado Springs With Growing Activism And Local Campaigns

By: Debbie Kelley | Colorado Politics If further proof is needed that the political arena in Colorado Springs isn’t like matchups in Denver, the Democratic Socialists of America is a case in point, say some people involved with the local chapter of the nationwide organization. It’s admittedly been difficult for the Colorado Springs branch of the DSA to organize in the conservative-leaning El Paso County in the successful way that deep-blue Denver has, according to Chauncy Johnson, a democratic socialist who has lost two recent bids for public office. Despite turbulence, local leaders say the chapter is growing and marching toward reaching its goals. As an intermittent card-carrying DSA member for three years, Johnson said he received assistance from the all-volu...
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Colorado College Awards Credit for Progressive Activism Internships
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Complete Colorado, Approved, Local

Colorado College Awards Credit for Progressive Activism Internships

By Mike Krause | Complete Colorado COLORADO SPRINGS—Colorado College is putting a price tag on political activism — or rather, waiving it for its own students — by offering academic credit to undergraduates who spend the summer, among other offerings, working to “shut down immigration detention centers.” The Colorado Springs-based private liberal arts school’s “Social Action Institute” runs a summer internship pairing students with left-of-center advocacy groups from June 11 through July 28. One of the three tracks offered lets students assist attorneys representing immigration detainees while simultaneously doing “advocacy and organizing work” toward closing the facilities where those same clients are held.  Students earn .25 credits towards graduation fo...
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Pickens Technical College signed a disability agreement. Then dismissed the student.
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Rocky Mountain Voice, Local, Top Stories

Pickens Technical College signed a disability agreement. Then dismissed the student.

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Some mornings, she didn't know how she got to where she was. A Colorado Springs woman who asked to remain anonymous — referred to here as CSW — had been an EMT for more than a decade, a career she began while volunteering with a fire department. She shared dozens of emails documenting her case with RMV. What she was experiencing on the hour-long drive to Pickens Technical College in Aurora felt like a medical emergency of its own. Nodding off at the wheel. Reaction time slowed. Her sleep neurologist had documented a working diagnosis.  All she needed was to attend lectures by video on the days she couldn't safely make the drive. Pickens told her it wasn't possible. It was. A pregnant classmate had been allow...
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From peer-review scandal to cultural warning: Dr. James Lindsay comes to Freedom Fest
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State, Top Stories

From peer-review scandal to cultural warning: Dr. James Lindsay comes to Freedom Fest

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice James Lindsay voted for Democrats into his thirties. He will tell you that himself, and he'll tell you exactly why. He knew he disliked George W. Bush. He knew Bush was a Republican. The other side, he figured, must be better. "That was the depth of my political analysis right there," Lindsay said. He means it as a confession, not a punchline. He was, at the time, a mathematician with a PhD from the University of Tennessee, living in Maryville in the foothills of the Smokies, running a business that fused martial arts and massage therapy. Not exactly the profile of someone who would end up warning the European Parliament about the collapse of Western civilization. But that was before a peer reviewer's note about a s...
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DU Restructures as Enrollment Falls 19 Percent From Pandemic Peak
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DU Restructures as Enrollment Falls 19 Percent From Pandemic Peak

By Nicole C. Brambila | The Denver Gazette Odifure Udegbe walked the stage Friday to chorus of whoops and hollers as he received his Master’s in Science degree from the University of Denver. Originally from Nigeria, Udegbe said he enrolled at DU to make himself more competitive in a tough job market. “I think whoever is going to take a chance on me has everything to win,” Udegbe said. The new grad was among the more than 3,400 undergrad and graduate students who accepted their diplomas last weekend at DU — marking what Provost Elizabeth Loboa called the end of the university’s pandemic-era enrollment boom. Peaking at 14,130 students in the fall of 2021, DU enrollment has declined for four consecutive years, falling to 11,499 students in 2025, according to...
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Colorado Colleges Push Back On Bill Cutting Student Aid To Private Schools
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Colorado Colleges Push Back On Bill Cutting Student Aid To Private Schools

By Jessica Porter | Denver7 A last-minute amendment added to HB26-1345 prohibits state financial aid or work study programs for students at private institutions. DENVER — Colorado universities and students are speaking out against a bill moving through the state Legislature that would cut off financial aid to students who attend private universities. “We're really focused on the students and the need of those students to make college a possibility, to help their dreams come true,” said Catherine Rhode the Associate VP of Admissions and Financial Aid at Regis University. “Our neediest students in the state of Colorado are going to be impacted by this loss of funding.” HB26-1345 will modernize the higher education funding model by expanding eligibility for quali...
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Should professors persuade or present? Classroom neutrality questioned in Colorado
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Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, Local

Should professors persuade or present? Classroom neutrality questioned in Colorado

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project The article at bottom details how an adjunct professor specializing in queer studies at Colorado Mesa University resigned over a dispute involving classroom neutrality. I’ll leave it to you to read up on the dispute and come to your own decisions about the facts in the matter. From my take on the article, it seems that there might be something of a disagreement as to exactly what was said and what happened. I am also open to any civil comment you’d like to add. Please feel free to toss in your two cents on the issue, whether we agree or not. Again, without saying what the professor here did or didn’t do, let’s examine two different versions of how a class discussion could go. Contrast the following: ...
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Legal Battle Erupts Over NCAR Shutdown And Federal Authority
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Legal Battle Erupts Over NCAR Shutdown And Federal Authority

By Óscar Contreras | Denver7 Consortium alleges NCAR dismantling is "collateral damage" for Colorado’s refusal to bow down to the Trump administration and its demands to end mail-in voting and release Tina Peters from prison. DENVER — A consortium of more than 100 colleges and universities filed a lawsuit Monday against their federal partners, alleging the dismantling of Boulder’s National Center for Atmospheric Research by the Trump administration is illegal and part of a “campaign of retaliation” against the state of Colorado. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research against the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies and its leaders, alleges the dismantling of NCAR is motivated by t...
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Education Department Moves To Reveal Foreign Donors Funding US Universities
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Education Department Moves To Reveal Foreign Donors Funding US Universities

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | The Daily Signal FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education will soon require universities to publicly disclose the counterparties of foreign funding, a senior Education Department official told The Daily Signal. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires higher education institutions to report gifts and contracts valued at $250,000 or more to the Department of Education, to make them available for public inspection. Universities currently report counterparties, their gifters or contractors, to the agency. However, the identities of foreign counterparties are not made public, which the senior department official said violates the law. The totals received from counterparties of concern are listed in the Section...
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Arapahoe Community College Battles Fake Students Exploiting Financial Aid Programs
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Arapahoe Community College Battles Fake Students Exploiting Financial Aid Programs

By: Natalie Chuck, Joe Vaccarelli | Denver7 Arapahoe Community College is one of several local schools fighting to identify "ghost students" before they enroll, Denver7 Investigates has found. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was produced in collaboration with our partners at ABC News.  LITTLETON, Colo. — After the COVID-19 pandemic led to more online learning, community colleges and other higher learning centers have had to deal with a new phenomenon that’s hard to see: "ghost students." "Ghost students" are scammers who create fake identities or steal someone else’s to enroll in school, apply for federal financial aid and make off with the money, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. An ABC News investigation found that colleges across the country...
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