Will CU form new science/tech college?

BOULDER — Like a movie plot unfolding, the proposed new College of Information Science and Technology at the University of Colorado at Boulder played its first reel to a variety of critical reviews. The question: Is it an A-list proposal, or should it be relegated to the back lot?

Jerry Rutledge, chair of CU-Boulder’s board of regents, said the proposal was premature. “We don’t have enough information about whether the new college would affect other colleges at the university. There are lots of complicated issues that haven’t been addressed.”

Rutledge especially was concerned about the College of Engineering, the highest-ranked college on…