Affiliations

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has acknowledged that Colorado Technical University’s Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management have renewed their alignment with SHRM’s HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Throughout the world, 475 programs in 360 educational institutions have been acknowledged by SHRM as being in alignment with its suggested guides and templates. The HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates were developed by SHRM to define the minimum HR content areas that should be studied by HR students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The guidelines -- created in 2006 and revalidated in 2010, 2013, and 2017-- are part of SHRM’s Academic Initiative to define HR education standards taught in university business schools and help universities develop degree programs that follow these standards.

Carnegie Foundation

The Carnegie Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of Congress. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is an independent policy and research center. Improving teaching and learning has always been Carnegie’s motivation and heritage.

The Carnegie Foundation classifies Colorado Technical University in Colorado Springs as a “Doctoral/Research University” (DRU) and its Graduate Instructional Program as “Doctoral, STEM dominant” (Doc/STEM) and Undergraduate Instructional Program as “Professions focus, high graduate coexistence” (Prof-F/HGC). Aurora and CTU's online degree programs are also included in the classification.

CTU does not guarantee third-party certifications. Certification requirements for taking and passing certification examinations are not controlled by CTU but by outside agencies and are subject to change by the agencies without notice to CTU. Therefore, CTU cannot guarantee that graduates will be eligible to take certification examinations, regardless of their eligibility status upon enrollment.

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Colorado Technical University is a CHEA member and is accredited by a CHEA-recognized accrediting organization.

A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations.

For additional information, please visit the CHEA website.