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Interim Chief Financial Officer Chad Marturano guided the board through the extensive assessment report.

Governor Jared Polis on Monday appointed Republican Ken Montera to the vacant seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents that represents Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. The seat became open when Regent Chance Hill announced in November that he would step down from the board for personal reasons.

CU Regents Lesley Smith and Ilana Spiegel took part in the American Heart Association's STEM Goes Red event, part of an initiative bringing interesting careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to life for young women.

The Board of Regents has established diversity, equity and inclusion as core values of CU through its guiding principles and implements those principles through regent policy.

The new chair leads the CU Board of Regents into next week’s summer retreat.

Regent and CU Denver professor says a faculty perspective strengthens the board.

The Board of Regents on April 8 voted to approve recommendations on tuition, compensation and fees for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The plan calls for, in effect, a 0% tuition rate change for undergraduate students.

Chavez may have been a newcomer to the CU Board of Regents when he was sworn in earlier this year, but he’s no stranger to CU, nor to leadership.

The policy expert brings a ‘360-degree view of education’ to her role as CU regent.

Calling it “an important step in recognizing past injustices,” a CU Boulder professor, Regent Lesley Smith, Regent Emerita Irene Griego and alumni testified before the Colorado Senate Education Committee today, expressing support for a bill moving through the legislature that would grant in-state tuition to members of American Indian nations with historical ties to Colorado.

A guiding principle of CU is to encourage and provide access to the university for all qualified Colorado students. Test-optional college admissions is an effective way to provide more access to more Coloradans while maintaining quality and integrity in admissions and a competitive advantage for Colorado higher education.

In an effort to meet growing market needs for teachers in Colorado, the CU Board of Regents approved a new bachelor’s degree, the Bachelor of Arts in Inclusive Early Childhood Education, at its Feb. 11 meeting.

At the CU Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 11, the regents approved resolutions to rename two campus buildings at CU Boulder -- one after pioneering alumna and lifelong educator Lucile Berkeley Buchanan and another after Professor Emeritus Albert Ramírez and Vera, his late wife, who for many years provided support, mentorship and guidance to first-generation and other underrepresented students.

Regents Jack Kroll and Ilana Spiegel addressed key issues during the virtual Jan. 28 Faculty Council meeting, including budget uncertainty, student support and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Financial aid for CU students has doubled since FY 2010-11, helping students' out-of-pocket expenses drop from nearly 5% in 2018 to 4% in 2020.

CU and other institutions also are facing a declining number of college-age Coloradans, with a CU study predicting a 15% decline in the number of 18-year-olds over the next 15 years. And a growing number of the high school graduates who pursue college education will be in need of financial aid.

Nolbert Chavez, Callie Rennison and Ilana Speigel were sworn into the CU Board of Regents Jan. 9, 2021.

Chavez, Rennison, Spiegel take oaths of office in virtual ceremony

The CU Board of Regents named Jeremy Hueth the interim vice president, University Counsel and secretary of the Board of Regents.

Individuals who earn a bachelor's degree or higher make on average $1.5 million more over their careers than people with a high school education only. CU has extensive financial aid opportunities -- giving away more each year than the other higher education institutions in the state combined -- to ensure students can reach their goals.

The University of Colorado's four campuses are highly competitive with an impressive return on investment. Here is a comparison to each institution's national peers.

Learn about the value of a college degree, the cost of attendance, how CU funds student financial aid compared to the state and federal government, and the average amount of loan debt CU students have upon graduation.

The Board of Regents last week defeated a proposal calling for a 20% tuition reduction and waiver of some fees in spring 2021, action also opposed by faculty and staff leaders and President Mark Kennedy. Kennedy touted the merits of targeted relief funding over tuition reduction, which he said would result in deeper budget cuts and furloughs than those already stressing the university.

The CU Board of Regents voted to direct university administration to work with state lawmakers in order to offer in-state tuition status for out-of-state Indigenous peoples whose tribal nations are historically tied to the lands that make up Colorado.