financial

This policy brief provides an overview of the current funding situation of higher education in Colorado and the effects of TABOR on state funding of public colleges.

Policy brief examining appropriations to financial aid for college students in Colorado.

Increasing the stipend and holding down tuition should be a top priority. We should increase the stipend to at least $3,000 per full-time student in 2007, and higher if possible. And we should make sure COF stipends keep pace with inflation after that. Colorado should also double need-based financial aid and work-study opportunities.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary summarizing the 2005 State of Opportunity Report.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary looking at low levels of financial aid in Colorado and a Colorado Commission of Higher Education proposal that could potentially limit aid to the neediest families in the state.

One of the priorities of Colorado???s state government should be moving as many families as possible to economic self-sufficiency.

The state should continue to closely monitor the financial soundness of the PERA system and take necessary action to ensure that it is able to make good on the benefits promised to public employees.