Resources

Learning Session Recordings

CTN provides resources to Colorado Trustees so they can elevate conversations within their own governing boards and become better advocates. CTN seeks to: 

• Be the go-to source for trustees to navigate Colorado's postsecondary system and their governance opportunity for breakthrough change. 

• Be the trusted voice and sensemaker for student-centered, postsecondary vision for trustees.

Convening Recordings

Resources to get acquainted with Colorado’s Postsecondary Landscape:  

• Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) Strategic Plan 

• Lumina Foundation’s Stronger Nation Report 

• Unlocking our State’s Potential: One Million Credentials of Value for Coloradans 

• Democratizing Data: The Power of Data to Transform Student Success 

• Association of Governing Boards (AGB) 

• Public Four-Year Higher Education Board Snapshot  

• Principles of Trusteeship 

• Knowledge Center 

• Fiduciary Duties of Care, Loyalty & Obedience by Jacquie Rich Fredericks, First Assistant Attorney General 

• Dialogue on Democratizing Data: The Power of Data to Transform Student Success 

• State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) Colorado State Profile 

• Bell Policy Center - Colorado’s Higher Ed System Business Model Brief 

• How a Long Bill Becomes a Budget - Colorado State Library  

• Population & Economic Trends in Colorado by Elizabeth Garner, Colorado State Demographer 

Workforce: 

• Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC) Talent Pipeline Report  

Equity: 

• Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) Report on Educational Equity 

National Reports: 

• State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) - SHEEO  

• Higher Learning Advocates: Today’s students 

Value: 

• https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/lowincome/  

• https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegepayoff2021/  

• https://edunomicslab.org/our-research/higher-education/   

Workforce: 

• Jobs for the Future (JFF) The Big Blur 

• The Differentiated University: Recognizing the diverse needs of today’s students, Parthenon Group 

Equity:

• https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CEW-Colorado-Report.pdf  

• Healthy Minds Study