Students will be tested, masks will be mandatory, and there will be fewer people on campus.
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Community college tuition to remain flat under new plan
But students who attend the four regional state universities will likely face a 3.8% tuition increase next year.
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CCSU president accused of “public shaming” after releasing sexual misconduct reports
The head of CCSU’s faculty union said Zulma Toro’s decision to release the documents “was an attempt to threaten and intimidate faculty members.”
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CCSU President Toro: transparency is no joke
CCSU President Zulma Toro has repeatedly said she has zero tolerance for sexual misconduct and bullying. She apparently meant it.
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CCSU shocked by revelations about professors’ misconduct
President Toro answers a question from Erin Sagnelli, a senior theater major. Central Connecticut State University student Jessica MacLean was shocked to learn this week that the theater professor she considered a trusted mentor had been accused of sexual misconduct and is likely to be dismissed. MacLean, who had been looking forward to her advanced […]
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CCSU seeks to fire two professors for alleged sexual misconduct
Central Connecticut State University President Zulma R. Toro announced Tuesday that she is seeking to fire two longtime theater professors after investigators concluded that each had likely engaged in sexual misconduct with one or more students. Toro also announced plans to appoint new leadership for the university’s Office of Diversity & Equity and to reorganize […]
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Ben Barnes named CFO of higher-education system
Ben Barnes, who has overseen Connecticut’s state finances for eight years as Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s only secretary of policy and management, was named Monday as the chief financial officer for the state’s sprawling system of community colleges and regional state universities.
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Higher ed board gives Ojakian 3-year extension as president
Mark Ojakian, who took over as the leader of the state’s largest public college system amid turmoil last year, has won something his predecessors were unable to achieve – a contract extension from the system’s governing board. The extension brings no raise in his $335,000 salary.
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CT Board of Regents should reconsider its spending priorities
The state of Connecticut claims that it has a large deficit and it needs to cut the budget for higher education – mostly through cutting the number of faculty positions at the Connecticut State College and University system. However, one questions its higher education priorities.
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Once a talk-show punchline, busway almost ready to roll
It was a topic to avoid on the campaign trail, a $567 million punch line for much of his first term — “the busway to nowhere.” But now that he is re-elected and it’s nearing completion, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is embracing the rebranded “CT fastrak.”
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Op-ed: Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.
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Still more standardized testing? Listen to the youth.
A bilingual student remembered being told in first grade, ‘You have to do this because you’re preparing for the test,’ but the standardized test wasn’t given until 3rd grade.
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Obama at CCSU: Economy must work ‘for all of us’
New Britain – President Barack Obama told a pep-rally audience of students and politicians from across New England that his campaign for a $10.10 minimum wage was central to a broader call to address economic inequality in the U.S.
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Op-ed: Legislature must reform misguided drug-free zone laws
The current drug-free zone laws are based on faulty logic and poor design, and they are detrimentally impacting Connecticut in several ways.