Tag: Higher Education

Disgraced former Colorado State University President and Chancellor Larry Penley is now among three finalists seeking to become the next president of the University of Idaho, according to the blog 43rd State Blues.com.

A new higher education scorecard gives the state fairly decent marks, but there's definitely room for improvement, especially around tuition costs and closing the gap between white and Hispanic students.

A day after Colorado State University President Larry Penley suddenly resigned after five years of leading the state's second-largest public university, the general mood among campus and community leaders was shock.

As foreshadowed by the $7.5 million campaign put together by Coloradoans for Community Colleges, Amendment 50 has passed. That means voters in Cripple Creek, Central City and Blackhawk will soon vote on raising the maximum bet limit in Colorado from $5 to $100, allowing casinos to stay open 24/7 and bringing in craps and roulette.

Larry Penley, the president and chancellor of Colorado State University, unexpectedly resigned his position Wednesday via a letter to the system’s Board of Governors, effectively ending his five-year reign at the state’s second-largest public university. His resignation, effective Nov. 30, comes weeks after an investigation by The Colorado Independent highlighted Penley's efforts to shift state funds away from the university's academic colleges and library system while injecting cash to the school’s athletics department and nearly tripling the budget of his own Office of the President. The investigation sparked criticisms and concern from longtime CSU faculty members and state lawmakers, who questioned Penley's shift of public funding to nonacademic functions.

Larry Penley, the president and chancellor of Colorado State University, unexpectedly resigned his position Wednesday effectively ending his five-year reign at the state’s second-largest public university. The resignation came weeks after The Colorado Independent published an investigative series highlighting the decisions made during Larry Penley's tenure to increase administrative and athletics funding during the last five years.

Amendment 50 promises to pour millions into Colorado’s community colleges without raising taxes in an economy teetering towards recession. Why then, are so many people complaining that this gift horse has rotten teeth?

Lawmakers and state officials reacted with a range of surprise, support, dismay and a call for greater accountability in response to The Colorado Independent's findings that, in the five years that Larry Penley has been at the helm of Colorado State University, he has poured money into the administrative and athletics departments, and shifted millions of dollars away from academics and the library system.

Since taking the helm of Colorado State University in 2003, President Larry Penley has shifted millions in state funds away from the academic colleges and library system of the state’s second-largest university system, while beefing up the school's athletics department and nearly tripling the budget of his own Office of the President.

Colorado State University's 138-year-old core mission is to serve Colorado's working-class families and to offer residents a high-quality, yet affordable, college education. Under the leadership of current President Larry Penley, that appears to be changing.