The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System approved budgets for its campuses this week that keep tuition levels low and preserve fiscal strength in the face of budget challenges and uncertainty related to the changing federal landscape. Facing a more than $1.2 billion state budget deficit, state general fund appropriations to higher education in Colorado increased by only 2.5% this year. By comparison, state legislators approved a 9% increase in funding for public higher e...