Have your say on how the state pays for higher education

Colorado’s higher education system is in the middle of trying to figure out how to implement House Bill 14-1319, which sets up a new system for funding colleges based both on enrollment and performance measures like student graduation.

That new law gives the Colorado Commission on Higher Education considerable latitude in designing the details of the system. That body, the Department of Higher Education, outside contractors and several advisory panels are hard at work on all that, and the department also wants to know what the public thinks.

If you want to learn more about the project, see the links on this DHE page. (There’s also background in this Chalkbeat Colorado story.)

And if you interested in participating, here’s the list of currently scheduled public meetings:

  • Alamosa: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 6-8 p.m., Adams State University, Student Union, Room TBD
  • Boulder: Thursday, Oct. 2, 5-7 p.m., National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS), The Learning Center
  • Colorado Springs: Thursday, Oct. 9, 5:30-7 p.m., Penrose House, 1661 Mesa Ave.
  • Craig: Thursday, Sept. 25, noon-1:30 p.m., Colorado Northwestern Community College – Craig Campus, Academic Building, Room 185
  • Denver: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8-10 a.m., Auraria Campus, Tivoli Student Union, Baerrensen Ballroom
  • Durango: Wednesday. Sept. 17, 4-6 p.m., Fort Lewis College, Student Union, Colorado Room
  • Fort Morgan: Monday, Sept. 22, Morgan Community College, Time and Room TBD
  • Glenwood Springs: Thursday, Sept. 25, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Glenwood Springs Community Center, Sopris C
  • Grand Junction: Thursday, Sept. 18, 4-6 p.m., Colorado Mesa University, University Center, Room 213
  • Gunnison: Thursday, Sept. 18, 8-10 a.m., Western State Colorado University, Aspinall-Wilson Center, the South Room
  • Sterling: Monday, Sept. 22, 4-5:30 p.m, Northeastern Junior College, Hays Student Center, Tennant Art Gallery
  • Trinidad: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 4– 5:30 p.m., Trinidad State Junior College, Sullivan Center, Pioneer Room

Additional meetings are being planned in the metro area, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Pueblo and Greeley. Meetings will be listed here as they are added, and you can RSVP for any meeting here.