Frequently Asked Questions
What is the status of Cultural Resource Centers?
Cultural Resource Centers remain a vital component of CSU’s commitment to student success, providing a broad range of services designed to help all students thrive academically and socially. Cultural Resource Centers are open to the entire student body at CSU, offering educational resources and support to anyone who visits. Their top priority is student success, and they work across centers and divisions to provide best practices for student retention as well as successful academic and career outcomes.
What is the status of employee affinity groups?
Employee resource groups remain an important part of the CSU community and continue to provide valuable advocacy, connection, and support for faculty and staff across campus.
Federal guidance has made clear that providing institutional resources to employee groups organized around identity-based affiliations is not permitted under federal law. CSU will continue to provide resources to its official shared governance partners which represent all employees: Faculty Council, Classified Personnel Council, and Administrative Professional Council. These councils will continue to work collaboratively with employee resource groups, and we will collectively work to strengthen shared governance at CSU.
Will Student Disability Center services be impacted?
We do not anticipate changes that will impact the Student Disability Center, based on the information currently available.
CSU will continue to follow all state and federal civil rights laws, including those that protect individuals with disabilities. Please see this email from President Parsons regarding the status of all of the cultural centers.
Will there be changes to the Native American Legacy Award?
Tribal affiliations will not change.
Do federal actions impact class curriculum?
An executive order issued on Jan. 21 indicated that directives related to diversity, equity and inclusion are not meant to “prohibit persons teaching at a federally funded institution of higher education as part of a larger course of academic instruction” from teaching subjects that the administration may disagree with.
Do federal actions impact academic freedom?
An executive order issued on Jan. 21 indicated that directives related to diversity, equity and inclusion are not meant to “prohibit persons teaching at a federally funded institution of higher education as part of a larger course of academic instruction” from teaching subjects that the administration may disagree with.
Will federal actions change health care offered to students by the Health Network?
CSU is continuing to review federal orders and their impact on transgender care.
Do federal actions change CSU's current admissions process?
CSU does not use race as a factor for admissions and is in compliance with Supreme Court case law.
Can I contact government representatives?
Each of us has the right to contact our elected officials to make our opinions known.
University employees should do any advocacy work during personal time and not during work time, and should not use university resources – time, title, email addresses, computers, email lists or other university property.
It is also important that employees not leverage their role as employees and to make it clear in any advocacy efforts that they are acting and speaking as an individual and not on behalf of the university.
More guidance can be found in CSU’s policy regarding Contacts with State and Federal Agencies and Officials, which can be found here – https://policylibrary.colostate.edu/policy.aspx?id=525.