New systemwide policy on official university statements approved

The Office of Policy and Efficiency (OPE) has announced a new administrative policy statement from the Office of University Counsel, APS2028-Official University Statements.

State law and existing regent laws and policies establish that the Board of Regents has the sole authority to articulate the university’s position on matters of social and political concern.  Other members of the university community, such as shared governance bodies, may express their own opinions consistent with applicable laws, policies and resolutions, such as Article 1.E: Freedom of Expression, Regent Policy 1.D: Freedom of Expression, and the Regent Resolution on Statements of Public Concern, but each campus must post a disclaimer in a visible location on the campus website to make clear that such statements are the expression only of the individual or group of individuals authoring them and are not statements on behalf of the university or the campus. Links to the disclaimers may be accessed from each campus’s website homepage.

The new APS took effect April 30, 2025.

For more detailed information, go to https://www.cu.edu/ope/aps/latest-changes. For additional information on systemwide APSs, go to: http://www.cu.edu/ope.