Colorado § 23-40-101 University established - role and mission

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-40-101 — University established - role and mission

Colorado·Title 23 Postsecondary Education·Art. University of Northern Colorado

(1)There is hereby established a university at Greeley, to be known as the university of northern Colorado. The university shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards.

(2)The university of northern Colorado shall be the primary institution for undergraduate and graduate degree programs for educational personnel preparation in the state of Colorado. The university shall offer master's and doctoral programs primarily in the field of education. The university has the responsibility to offer on a statewide basis, utilizing where possible and appropriate the faculty and facilities of other educational institutions, those graduate-level programs needed by professional educators and education administrators. Th

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(1) There is hereby
established a university at Greeley, to be known as the university of northern
Colorado. The university shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized
graduate research university with selective admission standards.

(2) The university of northern Colorado shall be the primary institution for
undergraduate and graduate degree programs for educational personnel
preparation in the state of Colorado. The university shall offer master's and
doctoral programs primarily in the field of education. The university has the
responsibility to offer on a statewide basis, utilizing where possible and appropriate
the faculty and facilities of other educational institutions, those graduate-level
programs needed by professional educators and education administrators. The
Colorado commission on higher education shall include in its funding
recommendations an appropriate level of general fund support for those programs.

(3) As part of its mission as a graduate research university specializing in
programs for educational personnel, the university of northern Colorado shall
include the education innovation institute created in section 23-40-106 for the
purposes described in section 23-40-106 (2).

(4) The university of northern Colorado may offer specialized degree
programs in osteopathic medicine. The osteopathic medicine degree programs are
not prohibited by the exclusive authority in medicine of the health sciences center
campus of the university of Colorado described in section 23-20-101 (1)(d).

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Legislative History

Source: L. 1889: p. 409, � 1. R.S. 08: � 6125. C.L. � 8153. CSA: C. 155, � 1. CRS 53: � 124-6-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-6-1. L. 85: Entire section R&RE, p. 763, � 7, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2595, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-032), ch. 13, p. 80, � 2, effective August 5. L. 2022: (4) added, (SB 22-056), ch. 27, p. 163, � 1, effective August 10.