The UConn Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a $1.33 billion budget for the university’s Storrs and satellite campuses for next year.
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Regents approve $1.28 billion budget
The Board of Regents for Higher Education on Thursday approved a $1.28 billion budget that leaders say will be financially challenging, but there was a bit of unexpected good news.
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Two CCSU professors now out after sexual misconduct investigation
Joshua Perlstein Two Central Connecticut State University theater professors investigated on suspicions of engaging in sexual misconduct with their students have left the university. Joshua Perlstein, who was hired in 1992 and placed on paid administrative leave in April 2018, abruptly resigned on May 16, shortly before a scheduled termination hearing, a spokeswoman for the […]
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State joins College Board’s nationwide scholarship program
This scholarship program helps guide students along the path to college admission.
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As food insecurity bill slips in under radar, advocates hope for further action
A new program will assess the level of food insecurity among Connecticut college students.
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Regents’ panel endorses $12.5M cut for community colleges
The state’s community colleges must cut budgets by a collective $12.5 million next year under a $1.29 billion budget endorsed Thursday.
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Cost-free college is in the budget, but is it in the cards?
A plan to help thousands of first-time students – regardless of income – attend college cost-free is in the proposed state budget, but its success depends on a complex funding scheme involving the legalization of online lottery games.
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Malloy heads Downeast to be chancellor at UMaine
Dannel P. Malloy says he was was ready for a “totally different job” after leaving the governor’s office in Connecticut. He found it when he was named chancellor of the public university system in Maine.
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Faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in CSCU leaders and their college consolidation plan
Faculty who cast votes of no confidence in CSCU President Mark Ojakian and his plan to to consolidate the 12 community colleges say no one is listening to them.
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Proponents of ‘free college’ say it would ease, not strain state finances
The free college idea appeared dead this legislative session, until new numbers suggested it could be a boon for the state.
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Kruger exits UConn Board of Trustees, Lamont in no rush to replace him
Thomas Kruger’s last meeting was Wednesday. He resigned after Gov. Ned Lamont said he was changing the leadership of the board.
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Regents move forward with merger plan; raise tuition
Controversial plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges moved ahead with the hiring of three new regional presidents .
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As he exits, UConn chair lobbies unreceptive governor
The outgoing chair of UConn’s board of trustees is urging Gov. Ned Lamont to pass over his vice chair, Thomas D. Ritter, and pick trustee Shari Cantor, “a unifying, non-polarizing force on the board.”
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To target ‘bad actors,’ CT demands data on student lenders from DeVos
The U.S. Department of Education stopped sharing that information with the state governments last year, saying local policing of student lenders impeded federal oversight.
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Community college students likely to face 2 percent increase next year
Connecticut students would pay $92 more next year in annual tuition and and fees at the state’s 12 community colleges under a proposal to be considered Wednesday.
