Faculty, students call on CU to let them decide whether to renew CU’s #OpenAI contract
Students, faculty pass resolutions calling on university administration not to renew its contract for #ChatGPTEdu
Olivia Doak, October 7, 2026
"Student and faculty groups are calling on the University of Colorado to let them decide whether to renew the university’s contract with OpenAI, after the administration executed the agreement without their input.
"The #BoulderFacultyAssembly and #CUStudentGovernment each passed resolutions on Thursday calling on CU to give faculty, staff and students the power to decide the future of CU’s contract with OpenAI. The #CUSG resolution asks that CU create a ChatGPT Edu shared governance oversight committee — with staff, faculty and student representation — that would make the final decision on whether to renew the university’s contract with OpenAI.
" 'The big thing (the resolution) does is seek to put the decision of who we contract with or whether we have a contract back in the hands of students, faculty and staff,' CUSG student representative Owen Andrews said.
Until a committee is formed, the resolution 'strongly urges' the university not to renew its contract with OpenAI or enter into any new contracts. The resolution, written by Andrews, includes 21 pages of sponsor signatures from students, staff and faculty.
"The resolution passed by the Boulder Faculty Assembly calls on the university not to renew or extend the contract. If any renewal or extension does move forward, the BFA calls on the university to allow a faculty-led working group, chosen in conjunction with the BFA, to negotiate it.
'We don’t understand why this contract would or should be extended,' CU Boulder Student Body President Rowan Hillhouse said. 'We are unhappy with the contract in the first place, and there are huge #academic, #ethics and #privacy concerns with the contract. We’re strongly urging the president and Board of Regents not to extend the contract.' "
Read more:
https://www.dailycamera.com/2026/10/07/cu-boulder-openai-chatgpt-contract/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/ltwCg