As the state budget bounces back and forth around the legislature, higher education institutions are bracing for a collective cut of up to $300 million. The Metropolitan State College of Denver has identified specific areas where changes could be made to fill a funding shortfall, but the leadership at Colorado's flagship institution is remaining quiet.
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CU trims $29 million in spending...but can't provide list of actual cuts
A Face the State Staff Report
May 23, 2009The University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to raise tuition this week without considering a local think tank's call to cut all six-figure salaries by 5 percent, a proposal that would have saved the university more than $4 million. In addition, the Regents supported $29 million in cuts, but weren't able to provide a list of actual cuts as of press time.
Denver Post looks the other way on state of higher ed in Colorado
FTS Opinion
May 11, 2009While the media has eagerly clambered to cover stories chronicling higher education's budget woes, reporters have rarely - if ever - bothered to look closely at the real sources of the problem.
CU researcher: Benson's cuts 'insulting'
A Face the State Staff Report
May 6, 2009Responding to CU President Bruce Benson's announcement that his institution will cut more than 50 jobs and implement 5 percent salary reductions for a handful of top administrators, a researcher in the CU medical school is calling the strategy "insulting."
Metro State identifies funding strategies; CU still quiet
April 20, 2009Benson still mum on possible CU cuts
A Face the State Staff Report
March 24, 2009
In the aftermath of worse than expected state budget projections, CU President Bruce Benson is declining to say where or how CU will help make up what is expected to be a multi-million dollar gap in state funding.
Independence Institute calls for CU salary caps
March 13, 2009Following a Face the State investigation into the six-figure salaries of CU administrators, Jessica Corry of the Independence Institute's Campus Accountability Project is calling on CU to implement voluntary pay cuts for top officials.
CU Denver chancellor could bank $718,115 in 2009
A Face the State Staff Report
March 5, 2009According to documents obtained by Face the State, University of Colorado Denver Chancellor M. Roy Wilson is the highest paid CU chancellor, earning a base salary of $468,115, incentive payments of up to $175,000 annually and an additional $75,000 per year in supplemental pay. All told, Wilson has the potential to earn up to $718,115 per year - almost twice the university's other two chancellors - and making him the second highest paid university employee, second only to a resident doctor in the school of medicine.
Segment 5 - CU System salaries
With the likely departure and replacement of CU-Boulder chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson, FTS explores the salaries of administrators and professors in the CU system. As institutions of higher education tighten the belt amidst a state budget shortfall, is the state's flagship university getting the biggest possible bang for its payroll buck?
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Amid economic woes, thousands at CU still rake in six figures
A Face the State Staff Report
February 12, 2009As news spreads that the University of Colorado at Boulder's Chancellor, Bud Peterson, will leave his $363,478 a year post to serve as president of Georgia Tech, he does so as just one of more than 2,000 CU employees to earn over $100,000.
Benson may be first CU President to appoint Boulder chancellor
A Face the State Staff Report
February 10, 2009The University of Colorado announced Monday that CU Boulder Chancellor "Bud" Peterson is Georgia Tech University's sole finalist to serve as its next president. Should Peterson move on, this will be the first time in CU history that CU's president will appoint the next chancellor without approval from the Board of Regents.
Could CU go 'private'?
A Face the State Staff Report
January 12, 2009As state lawmakers prepare to address Colorado's $604 million budget shortfall, CU President Bruce Benson is pushing for more autonomy for the school should state funding dry up. The move, however, wouldn't be as simple as doing without taxpayer dough.
CU's Benson Wrong on Tenure
FTS Opinion
December 16, 2008In Monday's Rocky Mountain News, University of Colorado President Bruce Benson defends tenure at his institution as a seven-year process that includes "great expectations for faculty members who want to keep it." We wish we could believe him.
Anti-oil forum hosted in building that oil built
A Face the State Staff Report
December 3, 2008A University of Colorado building funded largely through oil and gas revenues played host Tuesday night to an event devoted to ending conventional energy production. The event, titled,“Coming Clean: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal," was hosted on the Boulder campus's Benson Earth Sciences building, named such because of an $8 million gift from Bruce Benson, who made his fortune off oil and gas.
Benson bringing in the big bucks for CU
May 13, 2008In a May 12th letter obtained by Face The State, CU President Bruce Benson updated faculty, staff and students on his first nine weeks at the helm of the university.
Higher ed leaders critical of Ritter's severance tax proposal
A Face the State Staff Report
April 28, 2008At a Friday meeting hosted by Gov. Bill Ritter, many of Colorado’s top higher education officials expressed concern over Ritter's support of a proposed plan to funnel oil and gas money into scholarships rather than directly into university operating budgets.
Political Cartoon for 2/14: Boulder Hypocrisy
Face The State Humor
February 14, 2008The elected Regents of the University of Colorado have tapped businessman and former GOP fundraiser Bruce Benson to be the CU System's next president. Angry Boulderites and academic elites say Benson is too partisan but some self-reflection might not hurt, for all involved.