Academic Continuity
Continuity planning at CSULB is intended to enable academic and administrative units to continue providing critical campus functions when a significant disruption interrupts or limits access to essential campus resources. Such events may be widespread or localized and may result from environmental impacts (e.g., earthquakes, fires, pandemics), human-caused incidents (e.g., civil disturbances, crime, or accidents), or infrastructure failures (e.g., flooding due to a water pipe break, server outages, or hard drive failures).
The fundamental goal of continuity planning is to restore the University’s critical functions at sufficient levels as quickly as possible and within no more than 30 days following a major disruption, even when access to campus facilities or infrastructure is limited or unavailable. As a high-priority critical function within this campus-wide 30-day recovery framework, instructional activities have a recovery time objective of 3 to 14 days. Depending on the nature and severity of the adverse event, recovery within this timeframe may not involve the immediate resumption of all affected classes or access to all instructional spaces. Rather, instruction will resume where feasible within the recovery window, with remaining courses resuming as soon as conditions allow.
Decisions regarding how best to continue academic operations following a disruption will depend on multiple factors, including the scope and impact of the event and the academic calendar, particularly whether classes are in session at the time of the disruption. The timing and nature of the event will influence which response options are feasible, given available resources and constraints.
