Institutional consolidation refers to the administrative merger between CU Denver and CU Anschutz Medical Campus, which was approved by the CU Board of Regents in 2004.
This merger increased administrative efficiencies and created economies of scale, by allowing certain administrative-focused groups—facilities management, information technology, human resources, etc.—to support both campuses, versus maintaining identical (and redundant) infrastructures at each.
Despite this internally focused merger, each campus maintains its own brand, personality, strategic priorities, and goals.