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Well I for one can attest firsthand to the educational quality of Denver University, as an alumnus there and as someone who went on to do graduate work at 2 other schools (DU's sister school Northwestern in Chicago and the U of Arizona in Tucson) and who has had a career of 12 years or so in education.
I was always very happy that I went there: good environment, good school at a small size with resulting good personal attention to students, and a nice liberal arts foundation balancing out the business majors. And keep in mind that that was all during the 80s when the school was really struggling financially.
Some of my old profs have grumbled from time to time, to the effect that the school's financial recovery -- it's booming now, with lots of new facilites (including the hockey arena!) -- may have come at the cost of some educational principles. But then there could hardly be a more difficult crowd to please than higher education faculty, I think. My bet is that he would get a solid education there while also enjoying the hockey, as long as he applies himself, of course (which is always the case with any student).
FWIW!
Steve
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