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.
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Herbst, other UConn officials, racked up $214,000 of unused vacation time above policy limit
Herbst says she will forfeit the 54 days she accrued above the 60-day limit, but she is still eligible to receive $156,279 for the rest of the unused vacation time when she leaves state service.
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Lawmakers pepper Ojakian with questions about college consolidation plan
Ojakian expects that when the 12 community colleges are consolidated into one state college — in 2023, if all goes as planned — the annual savings will be $23 million.
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CT schools defend policies as Trump threatens funding over free speech
The Trump administration did not say what would prompt a school to lose its funding under the new “free speech” policy.
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Bills that would stop community college merger clear committee
Lawmakers on the Higher Education Committee unanimously supported bills that would stop plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges.
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CSCU proposes 5 % tuition increase next year at four state universities
The proposed tuition hike would translate into $804 more next year for in-state students attending Central Connecticut State University in New Britain and $899 more at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.
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‘Free college,’ increasingly popular, complicated, for states
Lawmakers in 23 states are floating “free college” bills this year, Connecticut included.
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Faculty, students protest consolidation plan for colleges
The group delivered a petition to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office and called on him to help.
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Higher ed leaders: State funding nice, but not enough
The state’s huge unfunded pension liabilities are bearing heavily on the state’s universities and their students, leaders said Thursday.
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Approval for ‘one college’ years away, but CSCU presses forward with consolidation plan
Critics of the plan fear it could put the state at risk of losing its accreditation, incur extra expenses, and hurt students.
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Higher education proponents hope study makes the case to invest in CSCU
The day before Gov. Lamont releases his first budget, CSCU officials told lawmakers an economic analysis shows the system pumped $11.1 billion in income into the state’s economy in 2017.
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CSCU could face shortfall as large as $57 million
CSCU officials say that shortfall would occur if state funding and tuition stay flat, and warn free tuition for all might not be in the cards.
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UConn Trustees appoint UVA Provost Thomas C. Katsouleas as new president
With a unanimous vote Tuesday morning, the UConn trustees appointed Thomas C. Katsouleas as the institution’s 16th president.
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UConn Trustees expected to vote on new president Tuesday
UConn Board of Trustees remains silent about choice of Thomas Katsouleas as the school’s next president.
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UVa’s Tom Katsouleas is finalist for UConn president
Sources say Thomas C. Katsouleas, provost of the University of Virginia, is the finalist to become the next president of UConn.