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Jason Gonzales

Jason Gonzales

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Higher education reporter for Chalkbeat Colorado, in partnership with Open Campus. He previously covered education for The Tennessean.
  • Colorado

Colorado’s flagship struggles to enroll low-income students. That has consequences for social mobility.

  • Jason Gonzales
  • November 30, 2020
The percentage of Pell Grant recipients at CU Boulder moved from 12% in 2008 to 16% a decade later, ranking it as fifth-lowest among all flagships in the country.
  • Colorado

Denver Public Schools Partnership Uses Capstones To Increase Exposure to College-Level Classes

  • Jason Gonzales
  • November 13, 2020
The partnership will change how students can qualify to take college classes. Until now, access has depended on a standardized test or a grade-point average.
  • Colorado

How Jill Biden Could Impact Higher Ed

  • Jason Gonzales
  • November 11, 2020
As a community college professor, the incoming first lady is expected to bring new attention to two-year institutions.
  • Colorado

Democrats Take Control of U. of Colorado Board

  • Jason Gonzales
  • November 4, 2020
The switch has the potential to put the university's president on notice. Mark Kennedy was a controversial selection, brought in by Republicans on a party-line vote.
    • Colorado

Colorado Governor’s Budget Would Restore Money to Higher Ed

Gov. Jared Polis proposes to restore cuts that amounted to 58 percent of state operating funds for colleges.
Jason Gonzales
Jason Gonzales
  • November 3, 2020
  • Colorado

Why So Many Coloradans Leave College Financial Aid on the Table — and How To Fix That

  • Jason Gonzales
  • October 29, 2020
The state’s low completion rate of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid among high students places Colorado near the bottom in the nation — 47th overall — and well below the national average.
  • Colorado

Pandemic Creates Questions About the Future of Part-Time Instructors

  • Jason Gonzales
  • October 23, 2020
Cuts to part-time positions could mean fewer course offerings and larger class sizes. If cuts extend to full-time faculty positions, students will feel the impact.
  • Colorado

To Combat COVID, Fort Lewis College Embraces Navajo Principle of Kinship

  • Jason Gonzales
  • October 9, 2020
The 3,300-student college so far has had 24 cases among students, faculty, and staff this fall.
pencil and testing
  • Colorado

Why Colorado Students Are Still Taking the SAT, Even Though It’s Now Voluntary

  • Jason Gonzales
  • October 2, 2020
Students in Colorado still see the college-entrance SAT exam as helping their admission chances at colleges that don’t require the tests.
    • Colorado

Will the U. of Colorado’s Two-Week Pause Be Enough?

Short quarantines can slow the spread of Covid and allow a return to in-person learning. But the pause is also disruptive and may not work.
Jason Gonzales
Jason Gonzales
  • September 21, 2020

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