Records of the University Organization Study

The Organization Study at Colorado State University was launched in 1971 to study the university's ability to respond quickly and efficiently to changing societal needs; identify and implement instructional innovation readily; capitalize on the availability of off-campus as well as on-campus learning situations; utilize interdisciplinary approaches to instruction, research, and service where appropriate; provide quality learning experience to students in logical sequence; implement sound management principles of economic efficiency and effective utilization of human resources; encourage continuous interaction between inquiry and instruction; provide appropriate circumstances for students to make meaningful educational and vocational choices.

Four task groups were established to carry out the charge of the study: continuing education, research and creative activity, undergraduate education, and graduate education. Task groups were charged with studying its cognizant area and to make recommendations about changes, if any, which would improve University performance in that specific area. The task groups were overseen by an executive committee.

The Special Tenure Study Committee was formed as an "ad hoc" committee in November 1971 by the Faculty Improvement Committee of the General Faculty. The committee's charge was to study faculty rights and obligations by investigating faculty responsibility, freedom, employment status, performance criteria, and due process. This committee studied an area not covered by the Organization Study Task Force Groups, but because it was conducted over the same time period, its report was closely tied to the reports of the Organization Study.