• 78% of undergraduates surveyed spring 1997 said they were satisfied with "this college in general," 70% with "instruction in your major."
• 97% of students receiving bachelors degrees in academic year 1996-97, and 98% of those receiving post-bachelors degrees, said that their CU-Boulder program of study had met their educational goals. Details
• In surveys of seniors and graduating masters and doctoral students, 80-84% of all groups say they would recommend CU-Boulder and their major department to a friend considering college or graduate study

• Services for students with disabilities, women, non-native speakers, international students, and students of color are available to both undergraduate and graduate-level students.
• About 40% of Colorado undergraduates and 20% of those from out of state receive need-based financial aid.
• Residential Academic Programs give over 800 new students each year an academic neighborhood focussed on a theme such as service learning, American culture, or environmental studies.
• FallFESToffers 500 new students the opportunity to take three courses in common with fellow members of a 20-student group which also meets for six non-credit sessions introducing campus resources and programs.
• Study Abroad offers over 100 programs in 50 countries, with no language prerequisites.
• Career Services helps students at all class levels in clarifying their career goals, obtaining internships, and getting jobs.
• Other undergraduate programs crossing disciplines include distributed studies and individually structured majors, Honors, research opportunities paid and unpaid, for new as well as advanced students (see UROP), ROTC, the Presidents Leadership Class, and the Norlin Scholars Program, which starts in fall 1998
  -- The Minority Engineering Program (MEP), Minority Arts and Sciences Program (MASP), Women in Engineering Program, and McNair programs for low-income and first-generation juniors and seniors planning graduate study all assist students underrepresented in their areas of study.
• The Academic Access Institute provides assistance to students admitted provisionally to the college of arts and sciences.
• Advanced Placement and International Bacclaureate credit give some 1,100 students each year a head start.

• internships
• service learning
• hands-on experience in practical situations, in engineering's Integrated Teaching and Technology Laboratory (ITLL) and in classes throughout all schools and colleges.

Most degree programs require completion of the arts and sciences core curriculum, which requires competency in four skills and study of seven content areas.

Schools, colleges, and departments use assessments of learning outcomes, student surveys, other feedback from students, advisory boards, and external reviewers to help shape curricula to meet student needs. See "Assessment and accountability practices at CU-Boulder," written for state-requested indicator #8, for details.