Student Resources

The Colorado State Legislature recently established a new way to provide state tax dollar support for higher education. The state is no longer appropriating monies directly to public colleges and universities for undergraduate education, but is providing direct funding to students through the College Opportunity Fund (COF). You can obtain more detailed information about this legislation on the COF website.

In-state students taking undergraduate or a combination of undergraduate and graduate classes are eligible to participate. Nondegree students enrolled through ACCESS and Summer Session including students with baccalaureate degrees taking undergraduate classes or a combination of graduate and undergraduate classes and teacher licensure students classified as undergraduates may be eligible to participate. Colorado residents who have a bachelor’s degree or higher from outside the CU system and are taking undergraduate courses through ACCESS or Summer Session must provide an official transcript showing degree received. Have your official transcripts sent to Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies, Registration Office, 178 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0178.

Students apply for COF through the College Access Network (CAN) website. In addition to completing your application, when you register you must authorize CU-Boulder to apply the COF stipend before CU can credit the voucher to your tuition. If you do not authorize COF for CU, you will be responsible for the total tuition.

According to the Colorado Department of Higher Education COF guidelines, if a student adds a course after September 12 for fall 2008, the student will be responsible for paying the total tuition for the course and the course will not be credited to COF hours used. There is a limit on the maximum number of COF hours that students may take.