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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 House advances 2022 budget with extra money for higher ed chief equity officer

  • Jason Gonzales
  • April 15, 2021
The budget would restore many cuts made last year in response to the pandemic, resulting in big increases for higher ed.
  • Colorado

Colorado Senate adds higher ed chief equity officer position to 2022 budget

  • Jason Gonzales
  • April 8, 2021
The position, which was cut last year, would focus on helping low-income students and students of color earn degrees.
  • Colorado

Colorado’s 2022 budget restores higher ed cuts, boosts K-12 spending

  • Erica MeltzerandJason Gonzales
  • April 5, 2021
Colorado’s proposed budget also would provide more money to help students who have traditionally struggled to complete college.
  • Colorado

‘Like I’m drowning:’ Five stories from the student debt crisis

  • Jason Gonzales
  • April 5, 2021
How student debt has shaped their lives and what relief would mean to them.
    • Colorado

Indigenous students say they need more from Colorado universities. An in-state tuition bill is a first step.

Student advocates say the bill is part of a broader push for Colorado campuses to address injustice against Indigenous people.
Jason Gonzales
Jason Gonzales
  • March 4, 2021
  • Colorado

Colorado group aims to give colleges, universities a voice

  • Jason Gonzales
  • March 3, 2021
A coalition of college trustees announced it will fight to improve state funding, narrow inequities in graduation rates, and better align education with workforce needs.
  • Colorado

Colorado higher ed faculty and staff to be eligible for vaccines in late March

  • Jason Gonzales
  • February 26, 2021
Getting employees vaccinated brings certainty to planning and eases fears, college leaders say.
  • Colorado

Colorado colleges could face more cuts if state doesn’t restore funding, leaders say

  • Jason Gonzales
  • February 22, 2021
When Colorado slashed their budgets during two past recessions, the colleges never fully recovered.
  • Colorado

Standardized tests and protections for student borrowers among Colorado lawmakers’ concerns

  • Erica MeltzerandJason Gonzales
  • February 17, 2021
The 2021 session is underway. Among the early bills is one that would reduce the role of the SAT and ACT in college admissions.
    • Colorado

In rural Colorado, one town is looking to its community college to help survive the end of coal

There’s a tight window of opportunity to build a new economic base, provide residents replacement jobs, and ensure the city’s survival.
Jason Gonzales
Jason Gonzales
  • February 11, 2021

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