Colorado § 23-40-101 - University established - role and mission.
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§ 23-40-101. University established - role and mission.
(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).
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.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2009 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 13, Session Laws of Colorado 2009.
ANNOTATION
The necessity for instruction in the science and art of teaching was recognized by the general assembly, and the establishment of the university of northern Colorado was the result. Nash v. Sch. Bd. No. 3, 49 Colo. 555, 113 P. 1003 (1911).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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