Metropolitan Metropolitan State College State College of Denver of Denver Baccalaureate Baccalaureate Colleges—General Colleges—General An urban college An urban college offering: offering: arts and sciences, arts and sciences, professional, and professional, and business courses and business courses and programs programs Karen K. Cooper September 21, 2007 Higher Education in the U.S. HI ED 545
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Metropolitan Metropolitan State College State College
An urban college An urban college offering:offering: arts and sciences, arts and sciences, professional, and professional, and business courses and business courses and
programsprogramsKaren K. Cooper September 21, 2007
Higher Education in the U.S. HI ED 545
MissionMission
……to provide a high-quality, to provide a high-quality, accessible, enriching education accessible, enriching education that prepares students for that prepares students for successful careers, post-graduate successful careers, post-graduate education, and lifelong learning in education, and lifelong learning in a multicultural, global, and a multicultural, global, and technological society. technological society.
HistoryHistory
1961 – need for trained technicians – education not 1961 – need for trained technicians – education not meeting need – Denver’s rapid, huge growth meeting need – Denver’s rapid, huge growth
1962 – recommendation for “Denver State College”1962 – recommendation for “Denver State College”
1965 – after battling, MSCD founded May 21965 – after battling, MSCD founded May 2ndnd, 1965, 1965
International StudentsInternational Students 121121 0.6%0.6%
All OtherAll Other 1,8501,850 8.7%8.7%
BuildingsBuildings
Kenneth King Concert Hall
Tivoli Student UnionCenter for Visual Arts
Quality/SelectivityQuality/Selectivity
Percent admitted 83%Percent admitted 83%Retention rate 62% full-time freshmenRetention rate 62% full-time freshmenGraduation rate 24% total cohortGraduation rate 24% total cohort59,000 alumni; 90 % stay in Colorado 59,000 alumni; 90 % stay in Colorado teachers, business owners, pilots, teachers, business owners, pilots, scientists, nurses and morescientists, nurses and moreenter graduate schools to study medicine, enter graduate schools to study medicine, law and other disciplines requiring law and other disciplines requiring advanced degreesadvanced degrees
Raymond Dean Jones, J.D.,Raymond Dean Jones, J.D.,ManagementManagement
Expert analysis on insider trading trial of Expert analysis on insider trading trial of former Qwest Chief Executive Joe former Qwest Chief Executive Joe NacchioNacchio
29 years on judicial bench, including 15 29 years on judicial bench, including 15 years on Colorado Court of Appeals years on Colorado Court of Appeals
prosecuted consumer fraud for Denver prosecuted consumer fraud for Denver District Attorney’s Office and District Attorney’s Office and specialized in corporate and specialized in corporate and commercial transaction and litigation for commercial transaction and litigation for Denver law firm Denver law firm
provides expertise on corporate ethics, provides expertise on corporate ethics, business law, employment law, business law, employment law, contracts and courtroom proceedings.contracts and courtroom proceedings.
Allison Cotton, Ph.D.,Criminal Justice and Criminology
Invited actor Matthew Gray Gubler Invited actor Matthew Gray Gubler from the popular TV show “Criminal from the popular TV show “Criminal Minds” to a class to emphasize the Minds” to a class to emphasize the difference between TV crime solving difference between TV crime solving and the real dealand the real deal
““It takes only an hour to solve a It takes only an hour to solve a crime on TV,” Cotton says. “You crime on TV,” Cotton says. “You think every city has a crime lab, a think every city has a crime lab, a plane, a chemist who carries a gun plane, a chemist who carries a gun and tire-track experts. That’s not and tire-track experts. That’s not reality.”reality.”
offers expertise in media and crime, offers expertise in media and crime, gender and crime, the death penalty gender and crime, the death penalty and eyewitness identificationand eyewitness identification
Judi Diaz Bonacquisti, M.B.A.,Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management
Expert on college enrollment and retention trends, including all underrepresented student populations
leading Metro State’s initiative to become a Hispanic Serving Institution
former member of the Hispanic Education Advisory Council to Denver Public Schools and the DPS Commission on Secondary Reform