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In a time of plenty, students on Colorado campuses are hungry

https://youtu.be/QFn4D3Sl9-s Nell Roach, a student at Metropolitan State University in Denver, tells of her struggle to find adequate food and housing while pursing her degree....

In time of plenty, students on Colorado campuses are hungry College...

Nell Roach was hungry. Again. It hit her like this often. She hadn’t been able to get enough to eat the day before, and...

Colorado proposes slashing higher ed budget by half

DENVER-- Lawmakers here are proposing that half of the money allotted to education will be cut in the 2011-2012 state budget. The new reality will force tuition increases and program eliminations in what the Senate Majority and Minority leaders characterize as a last-ditch effort to save Colorado higher education.