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CU’s Bruce Benson: ‘I like fixing things’

Benson cuts to the chase. Add up the number of students he’s got to oversee. The budgets. The staff. The faculty. The four campuses. It’s a huge job — president of the largest university in the state, CU. He’s got to the cut to the chase. Otherwise, he’d get nothing done. Or, if he did, he’d take up so much energy on each item that he’d burn out. Bruce Benson is not burning out. He’s been on the job as president of CU longer than anyone in 60 years. He likes heading CU. Because he’s getting things done. He’s cutting administrative staff, making the university more efficient. He’s raising money, the proverbial “tons” of money. He’s keeping tuition as low as he can, given the […]
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