CU Denver, MSU Denver, Community College of Denver – institutions comprising the Auraria Campus – expand displaced Aurarian Scholarship, increasing access to college education

After more than three decades of offering tuition-free education to residents, children, and grandchildren of displaced Aurarians—those who were forced to relocate during the building of the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) during a period of urban renewal in Denver—the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), and the Community College of Denver (CCD) are expanding eligibility to include all direct descendants of Aurarians who lived in the neighborhood from 1955 to 1973.