As we gather, we honor and acknowledge that the University of Colorado’s four campuses are on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Pueblo and Shoshone Nations. Further, we acknowledge the 48 contemporary tribal nations historically tied to the lands that comprise what is now called Colorado.

Acknowledging that we live in the homelands of Indigenous peoples recognizes the original stewards of these lands and their legacies. With this land acknowledgment, we celebrate the many contributions of Native peoples to the fields of medicine, mathematics, government and military service, arts, literature, engineering and more. We also recognize the sophisticated and intricate knowledge systems Indigenous peoples have developed in relationship to their lands.

We recognize and affirm the ties these nations have to their traditional homelands and the many Indigenous people who thrive in this place, alive and strong. We also acknowledge the painful history of ill treatment and forced removal that has had a profoundly negative impact on Native nations.

We respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land. We honor them and thank the indigenous ancestors of this place. The University of Colorado pledges to provide educational opportunities for Native students, faculty and staff and advance our mission to understand the history and contemporary lives of Native peoples.

The official CU Board of Regents agenda is the agenda located online at www.boarddocs.com/co/cu/Board.nsf

Speakers are requested to limit their comments to two minutes. Groups with similar comments are requested to identify one spokesperson. There will be a sign-up sheet in the meeting room on the day of the meeting. Public comment will be limited to 30 minutes maximum. 

Written comment is welcome and will be added to this agenda item. Please send written comment to CUBoardofRegents@cu.edu. 

The Board of Regents' adopted rules of parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the board by a single motion. Most of the items listed under the consent agenda have gone through board committee review and recommendation. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member.

Minutes will be released upon board approval.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chair of the Board Lesley Smith

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

In accordance with the Laws of the Regents, 2.B.1, regular meetings of the Board of Regents shall be held in accordance with the schedule of meetings approved annually. Committees of the Whole, regular, and special board meetings for the upcoming fiscal year have routinely been approved at the September or November board meeting. The recommended meeting dates are listed below:

The 2024 meeting schedule includes:

• 5 two-day board meetings (February, April, June, September, November)
• 1 one-day board meeting with specific agenda items: tenure (August) - remote
• 4 half-day holds for potential special board meetings (March, May, October, December) - to be held remotely
• 1 mid-winter retreat (January)
• 1 summer retreat (July)
• The proposed schedule does not include board committee meeting dates (Audit, Finance, Governance, and University Affairs)

See attached.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano with the concurrence of Provost Russell L. Moore.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these tenure cases and have approved them. I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION: I have reviewed these sabbatical applications and approve them. I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy

PREVIOUS ACTION(S): None

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Michelle Marks, with the concurrence of Provost Constancio Nakuma

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these sabbatical applications and I have approved them.  I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Michelle Marks, with the concurrence of Provost Constancio Nakuma

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these tenure cases and have approved them. I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Michelle Marks, with the concurrence of Provost Constancio Nakuma.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  I have reviewed these tenure cases and have approved them. I attest that they are consistent with all requirements of regent policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None.

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See attached.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

The Treasurer, with the concurrence of Dr. John J. Reilly, Jr., MD, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Chancellor Donald M. Ellman, Jr., of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The William Page Harlow endowment was established in 1954 as a University Consolidated Endowment. In 1997, upon recommendation from the Dean of the School of Medicine and concurrence from the Chancellor of the Health Sciences Center, as it was then known, the Regents combined the Harlow endowment with $1,045,000 from the bequeath of Margaret and Hugh Stapp to complete the funding for a Chair in Cancer Research.

These funds are now combined for one purpose but are still treated as separate investments. The bequeath that was known as Stapp prior to 1997 is a fund held by the University of Colorado Foundation (“Stapp”) and the endowment that was known as Harlow prior to 1997 is a custodial fund (“Harlow”).  

Since the combination of their purposes in 1997, each has grown considerably: as of February 14, 2023, Stapp is now worth $2,112,018.43 and Harlow is worth $1,854,759.58. The Anschutz Medical Campus now wants to separate and re-name the two funds for two different purposes: the Stapp Chair for Cancer Research, and the Harlow Chair for Cancer Research. The Anschutz Medical campus wants to clearly distinguish the Stapp/Harlow fund into two separate endowments and therefore would like to also separate the naming, with one fund being called “Stapp Chair” and the other “Harlow Chair” so that the fund managers and the foundation and advancement teams can reduce the possibility of error and have the confidence that we are looking at the correct fund. It will also allow the campus to recruit faculty towards two separate chairs versus just one.

With the approval of this agenda item, the Treasurer is authorized to change the custodial pure endowment to the Harlow Endowed Chair for Cancer Research and the University of Colorado Foundation is authorized to change the pure endowment fund held by the Foundation to the Stapp Endowed Chair for Cancer Research.

These endowments will operate under the rules and regulations that apply to pure endowments of the University of Colorado and to the University of Colorado Foundation; distributions for both funds will follow the University of Colorado Foundation’s distribution policy.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

On June 2, 1997, the Regents, in response to a request from Richard Krugman, MD, Dean of the School of Medicine, and with the concurrence of Chancellor Vincent A. Fulginiti, MD, of the Health Sciences Center, amended the original William Page Harlow pure endowment to include funds from the bequeath of Margaret and Hugh Stapp to create the Stapp/Harlow Endowment.

On January 22, 2004, the Board of Regents approved a revised resolution documenting the Regent’s policy regarding the establishment of pure endowments by the University of Colorado.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor DiStefano, with the concurrence of Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Moore, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer O’Rourke, and Interim Vice Chancellor for Infrastructure and Sustainability Ewing. 

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The Boulder Campus is requesting board approval of a plan to renovate and construct facilities to support athletics on the East Campus. The project will help to address recommendations in the CU Athletics 2022-25 Gender Equity Plan related to Title IX compliance and needed accommodations to host the May 2024 Pac-12 Track and Field Championships. The proposed 4,026 gross square foot (gsf) East Campus Athletics Project will provide ADA-accessible restrooms for an expected crowd of 500-1,100 spectators.  It will also construct two family restrooms, public drinking fountains, and concessions for spectators. The project is estimated to cost $4.4 million and will be funded with a gift from the CU Foundation to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Design commenced in fall 2022 and is expected to continue through March 2023. Construction is scheduled for May 2023, and occupancy for August 2023. 

The scope of the project also includes the renovation of 310 assignable square feet (asf) in the adjacent Bryan Benjamin Sax Ski Team Building, where upgrades are needed for existing non-code-compliant restrooms and expansion for shower/changing rooms for the CU Ski Team, including the addition of all-gender facilities. The various scope components of the building project will serve the ski team men and women student-athletes as well as the spectators attending track and field and women's soccer events at Potts Field and Prentup Field.   

On March 31, 2023, this item was reviewed and discussed at the CU Regents Finance Committee meeting. The four findings required by the CU Board of Regents are as follows: 

A. Conformity with Mission, Strategic Planning, and 2021 Campus Master Plan 

The project is critical to the university meeting its mission for the state of Colorado established by section 23-20-101, Colorado Revised Statutes:  

The Boulder Campus of the University of Colorado shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admissions standards. The Boulder Campus of the University of Colorado shall offer a comprehensive array of undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degree programs.  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano with concurrence of Provost Russell Moore. 

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

A number of students have already completed doctoral degrees in the burgeoning area of engineering education within the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS). However, currently, doctoral students who wish to do research on engineering education in CEAS must complete the full set of standard coursework and exams in another engineering discipline before turning to their desired research area in engineering education. This impedes students’ progress and can discourage them in their pursuit of research in this field. With a standalone Engineering Education doctoral program, these students will be able to focus on the field of engineering education from the start, through an innovative curriculum consisting of courses in education theory and practice in the School of Education and the College of Arts and Sciences as well as in CEAS. This program will bring visibility to research and education in this field at CU Boulder, will attract more applicants, and will encourage new faculty collaborations and new research grant proposals.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  None.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Michelle Marks with concurrence of Provost Constancio Nakuma.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

This is a proposal for a new Executive Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) degree program offered by the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver). We have reason to believe that there is a strong, untapped demand for such a program from prospective and current students as well as from Colorado community members and employers.

This proposal for the Executive Doctorate in Health Administration degree program is particularly realizable and timely for the following reasons:

• No university in Colorado offers a Doctorate in Health Administration.
• There is a strong, untapped demand for a Doctorate in Health Administration degree at CU Denver, as evidenced by our research, competitive analysis, qualitative studies, and the overwhelmingly positive feedback and pledges of support from prospective and current students, alumni, industry leaders, Denver business leaders, and potential donors.
• Particularly unique is that this Doctor of Health Administration degree will be offered in an executive, hybrid format, enabling the recruitment of not only in-state and domestic students but also international students and others interested in the degree.
• There are less than 20 universities across the nation currently offering the DHA degree. Of the universities offering a DHA, many are online organizations that are not well received by hiring managers in the field. We are aware of only two other universities offering an executive DHA in a graduate program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Health Administration Education (“CAHME”), which is the “gold standard” for this type of curriculum. CU Denver is one such program, giving our proposed degree offering a higher degree of industry credibility. Most other potential competitors for the DHA offering do not have such accreditation.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

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RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Chancellor Venkat Reddy with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

Please read the statement of information in the public file attachments.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S): 

None.

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The 2022 Distinguished Professors were approved by the Board of Regents at the November 3-4, 2022, Board Meeting.

2022 Distinguished Professors being honored at the April 27-28, 2023, Board Meeting are:

• Ron Sokol, Anschutz
• Kira Hall, Boulder
• Karolin Luger, Boulder
• Leysia Palen, Boulder
• Carlos Paz de Araujo, UCCS

The Institute has developed a groundbreaking multiomics platform through a partnership between CU and UCH, which integrates single-cell omics technologies, bioinformatics, clinical expertise, and business expertise to revolutionize the traditional clinical trials and drug development process. Leveraging large amounts of clinical data, the Institute identifies new therapeutic targets, develops companion diagnostics, rescues phase II therapeutics, and designs "data-driven" clinical trials. The platform also uncovers novel biological insights, which can accelerate the development of breakthroughs to patients. OncoVerity, the first spinout from the Institute, is a joint venture between CU and Argenx that aims to gain accelerated FDA approval for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by rescuing a Phase II therapeutic drug. This paradigm shift in trial design and drug development has the potential to transform medicine and improve patient outcomes.
 
Kimberly will be presenting with Dr. Clayton Smith, Chief Medical Officer of OncoVerity, and Gali Baler, Ph.D., Managing Director CU Innovations.

See attached report.

Presentation will be posted during the meeting.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Chad Marturano in concurrence with President Todd Saliman and the chancellors.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

The university is one of the most efficient universities in the nation, producing the most degrees with the lowest number of resources (state support, tuition, and fees).

The recommended tuition rates will help the campuses maintain program quality, meet the university mission, and provide outstanding student services.

The recommendation will also enable the campuses to plan for important future investments in areas such as merit and need based financial aid, diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, hourly wage market adjustments, research, faculty, and deferred maintenance.

The recommended tuition rate increases of up to 4.0% for resident undergraduates at CU Boulder (incoming students) and CU Anschutz, and 5.0% for resident undergraduates at UCCS and CU Denver is below inflationary growth of 8.0% in 2022. 

At the CU Boulder campus, the continuing tuition rate for any current undergraduate student will be held flat for FY 2023-24.

Combined, CU Boulder, CU Denver, and UCCS covered the cost of tuition and fees for over 6,301 resident undergraduate Pell eligible students in the most recent fiscal year, including 1,710 CU Promise students at CU Boulder. 

Each of the university’s campuses continue to implement innovative business models to adapt to the state’s reduced capacity to fund higher education as well as to improve access and quality.

These business practices include efforts to reduce costs which have resulted in efficiencies that have saved the university or its students a combined $372 million since FY 2016-17, and efforts to identify new sources of sustainable funding, in part, through enhanced collaboration with the private sector.

Over the last ten years, from FY 2012-13 to FY 2021-22, the university has increased the number of degrees awarded by almost 3,050, or 20.2%.  

In order to help Colorado families and students better plan for long-range financial obligations, tuition charges should be straightforward and should be set as early in the calendar year as possible.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):

On April 7, 2022, the Board of Regents approved tuition rates for FY 2022-23.

On June 23, 2022, the Board of Regents approved the FY 2022-23 operating budgets, including the auxiliary and restricted fund budgets.

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE:

RECOMMENDATION FROM:

Vice President of Budget & Finance and CFO Chad Marturano in concurrence with President Todd Saliman and the Chancellors.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

Campus specific mandatory fees for full time students (two terms or 30 credit hours) will change in FY 2023-24 by the following approximate amounts:

• Boulder campus                 $60.00
• Denver campus                  $25.12
• UCCS campus                    $234.50
• Anschutz campus                 $0.00

At the September 2016 Regent meeting, the Board approved revised institutional fee plans to reflect changes in practice.  The institutional fee plans are consistent with state statutes and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education policies.  The institutional student fee plans serve as the guide for development of the annual fee proposal.  The following proposed fee changes are consistent with the plans approved by the Board of Regents.

This year, campuses are proposing a limited number of changes to existing fees. The full slate of student fee changes is described below.

Boulder Campus

Effective Fall 2018 all course and instructional fees were eliminated.

Housing and Dining Services Fees

• Increases are proposed for building operations and debt service. The resulting increase for standard room and board in a residence hall is 5.0%, or $403 per term, 5.0% for Bear Creek apartments, or $254 per term, and 2.9% for graduate and family housing apartments, or $43.00 per month.

Student Activity Fees

• The CUSG Student Activity fee is increasing by $10 per term, or 2.5%.
• The Mental Health Resource fee is increasing by $20 per term, or 25.8%.
• The Law Graduation Fee is being combined with the Law Student Services Fee, with no increase to students.

Denver Campus

Student Activity Fees to Auraria Campus 

• The Auraria Campus Fee is increasing by $7.46 per term, or 6.2%.
• The CU Denver Wellness Center Fee is increasing by $0.34 per credit hour or 2.8%.

Housing and Dining Services Fees

• The standard double is increasing by $145 per term, or 3.0%
• The standard meal plan is increasing by $185 per term, or 8.7%

Colorado Springs Campus

Instructional Program Fees

• The College of Nursing and Health Sciences is restructuring the platform for assessing fees, paying testing costs, and for accessing nursing program books and resources for prelicensure undergraduate nursing services.  The nursing program fee is increasing by $2,251, however the book and program costs are being combined into the fee resulting in a net savings to student of $1,213, or -32%. 

Student Activity Fees

               Increases are applied to the following Student Activity Fees:

• The Transportation and Safety Fee is increasing by $8.71/$4.36 per term, or 8.0%.
• The Athletics Fee is increasing by $0.82 per credit hour, or 8.0%.
• The Green Action Fund Fee was not renewed for 2023-24, a decrease of -$5.25/-$2.63 per term. 
• The Family Development Center Bond Fee is increasing by $0.85/$0.43 per term, or up to 8.0%.
• The Family Development Center Operating Fee is increasing by $0.26/$0.13 per term, or 8.0%.  
• The Media Fee is increasing by $0.04 per credit hour, or 7.1%.
• The Wellness Center Fee is increasing by $5.10/$2.55 per term, or 8.0%.
• The student body approved a new Wellness Center Health and Mental Health Referendum Fee in March 2023 at a rate of $63.72 per semester.
• The Campus Recreation Center Bond Fee is increasing by $13.61/$6.81 per term, or 8.0%.       
• The Student Recreation Fee is increasing by $0.08 per credit hour, or 7.5%.
• The University Center Bond Fee is increasing by $2.81/$1.41 per term, or 8.0%.   
  • The hourly University Center Bond Fee is increasing by $0.81 per credit hour, or 8.0%.

• The Student Activities Fee is increasing by $1.19/$0.61 per term, or 8.0%.

Housing and Dining Services Fees

• Housing rates for first-year students are proposed to increase from $240 to $268, or 3.7% to 4.0%, depending on the type of suite.  The rate includes meals and parking.
• Housing rates for upper classmen are proposed to increase from $200 to $247, or 4.0%, depending on the type of accommodation.  The rate includes parking.

Anschutz Medical Campus

Health Insurance Fee for students without coverage

• The FY 2023-24 student health insurance fee for students without coverage is increasing by no more than 6.0% to $6,487 per year.  Students may waive this fee by demonstrating they have adequate coverage through an individual health insurance plan.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):

Institutional Fee plans were approved by the Board of Regents on September 8, 2016.  Fee changes for FY 2022-23 were approved April 7, 2022.

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE:

RECOMMENDATION FROM:

Vice President of Budget & Finance and CFO Chad Marturano in concurrence with President Todd Saliman and the Chancellors.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:

The faculty, staff, and administrators of the university enable the university to excel in the education of our students and the pursuit of high-level research.

It is important that compensation be adjusted to ensure the university’s competitive position in the market over time.

In addition to the meritorious salary pool for faculty and exempt professionals, the following campuses have created budget initiatives related to compensation: CU Boulder includes a targeted increase for faculty compensation; CU Denver includes a 2.0 percent compression, retention, and equity adjustment; UCCS includes a 0.5 percent compression, retention, and equity adjustment; and CU Anschutz includes a 4.0 percent compression, retention, and equity adjustment.

The University of Colorado faces competition from other Colorado and national institutions of higher education in attracting and retaining faculty and staff.

Annually the administration reviews anticipated revenues for the upcoming fiscal year and recommends to the Board of Regents a salary pool for funding salary increases.  Faculty raises are awarded as provided in Regent Policy 11.B.1.  Exempt raises are awarded as provided in Regent Policy 11.C.4.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):

On April 7, 2022, the Board of Regents approved a FY 2022-23 salary increase of 3.0 percent for classified staff and a 3.0 percent across-the-board increase for all faculty and exempt staff at each campus and system administration and revised pay ranges for selective job classifications.

PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE:

See the attached report.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Regents Governance Committee.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

November 6, 2015.

RECOMMENDATION FROM:  

Regents Governance Committee

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

These were discussed at the Regents Governance Committee meeting on March 15, 2023. Attached is the pdf packet that includes the overarching summary document outlining the laws and policies ready for review, the proposed actions, and the detailed redline drafts.

RECOMMENDATION FROM: 

CU Denver Chancellor Marks with concurrence of Provost Constancio Nakuma.

UCCS Chancellor Venkat Reddy with concurrence of Provost Nancy Marchand Martella.

STATEMENT OF INFORMATION:  

The CORE initiative, created under Colorado House Bill 21-1330, enables four-year institutions of higher education, “notwithstanding [the] institution’s role and mission”, to award an earned associate degree to eligible former students who have stopped-out from a baccalaureate program. The CORE program allows an institution to award an earned credential to students who were previously enrolled in a baccalaureate program and already earned the necessary credits for an associate’s degree but stopped attending the institution before attaining a bachelor’s degree. Under the statute, participating institutions cannot allow a student to enroll with the intent of obtaining an associate degree. Nor can a 4-year institution offer programs designed to lead to an associate degree.

Associates of General Studies at CU Denver

The University of Colorado Denver is proposing an Associate of General Studies under the terms of the Colorado Re-Engaged (CORE) Initiative. A query of SURDS data by the Colorado Department of Higher Education revealed that over 19,000 former students may already be eligible for an associate degree through the CORE Initiative across the state – with additional students becoming eligible each year. These former students have invested a significant amount of time and money to advance their knowledge and skills through higher education, but do not have an academic credential to reflect this investment. By awarding an earned associate degree in recognition of academic credits already completed, CU Denver can boost earning potential, open new employment opportunities, and return to higher education and complete a bachelor’s degree.

Associates of General Studies at UCCS

UCCS proposes offering an earned Associate of General Studies (AGS) completion degree, in support of the Colorado Re-Engaged (CORE) Initiative (HB 21-1330). The CORE Initiative enables four-year institutions in Colorado to award an earned associate degree to eligible students who have stopped-out from a baccalaureate program after earning at least 70 credit hours.

PREVIOUS ACTION(S):  

None.

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