Academic Program Allocations (APAs)
In fall 2018, in an effort to improve transparency and student affordability, the campus eliminated course and program fees and shifted the source of funding from student-paid fees to campus-funded budgets, now reconceived as Academic Program Allocations (APAs).
Timeline
The APAs process will begin a three-year pilot period July 1, 2019.
Contact
- For questions regarding a specific school/college's implementation plan, please contact the dean's office.
- Procedural questions can be directed to the Office of Budget and Fiscal Planning (BFP) by emailing bfp@colorado.edu.
Background
- Course and program fees were eliminated fall 2018 as a part of the The Be Boulder Pact and its efforts to reduce the cost of attendance at CU Boulder.
- A working group of unit representatives was created in 2018 to make recommendations to the senior vice provost for academic resource management and deputy chief financial officer.