This self-study report has been drafted explicitly for the purpose of reaffirmation of accreditation of Colorado State University (CSU) by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and presents a snapshot of the institution at a specific time (Fall 2011 through Spring 2013). Since the last site visit (2004), CSU has experienced declining state resources and changing of presidents in the midst of a rapidly changing environment for higher education. In the...

Beginning in the Summer of 1994, the university undertook steps to define and recommend changes and reforms (C&R) to better equip it to meet significant internal and external challenges. The C&R recommendations served as mandates for action, the implementation of which will be sustained through their key linkages to university strategic planning in the identification, development and prioritization of strategies. This broad-based self-study and subsequent...

CSU employees and students discussed the extensive damage the 1997 Spring Creek flood did to the campus buildings including the library, student center and numerous offices and classrooms. it is