COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

The mission of the Department of Higher Education is to improve the quality of, ensure the affordability of, and promote access to, postsecondary education for the people of Colorado. In pursuing its mission, the Department of Higher Education will act as an advocate for the students and institutions of postsecondary education and will coordinate and, as needed, regulate the activities of the state’s postsecondary education institutions.

Higher education must fulfill its essential role in creating the conditions for a healthy state economy, a productive society and a high quality of life for the people of the state. While serving these greater societal needs, the department and the state’s institutions understand that their main purpose is the rigorous instruction of students.

The department, working together with the state’s institutions of postsecondary education, seeks a future for Colorado in which its institutions are accountable for continued improvement in the quality, efficiency and results of postsecondary education and are adequately funded to do so.

The following are departmental divisions under the Colorado Department of Higher Education:

Colorado Commission on Higher Education, College Assist (formerly College Access Network), CollegeInColorado.org, CollegeInvest, Colorado Historical Society, Colorado GEAR UP, Division of Private Occupational Schools (DPOS).

At the Department of Higher Education, there are several internal divisions:

Academic Affairs, Budget & Finance, Executive, Research & Technology.