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Middlemist, George Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2017
During the 2004 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly enacted Senate Bill 189 (SB189), which established the first system of college vouchers in the United States. The supporters of SB189 hoped that the voucher system, called the College Opportunity Fund (COF), would: 1) stabilize the flow of state funding to higher education; 2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Public Colleges
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2009
During the spring of 2004, the State of Colorado enacted legislation that fundamentally changed the mechanisms through which it financed its public higher education system, beginning with the 2005-06 academic year. Rather than appropriating funds directly to institutions, the legislation created the College Opportunity Fund (COF), the principal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Performance Contracts, Focus Groups, Tuition