A new outreach program designed to attract new students to Connecticut’s merged public college system also could determine whether system’s new $1.1 billion budget remains in balance over the next year.
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Regents opt to disappoint, not appoint, Sen. Donald Williams
An unusually high-profile search for a new Quinebaug Valley Community College president ended Friday with the selection of Carlee Drummer, an Illinois community college administrator, over the top leader of the Connecticut Senate, Donald E. Williams Jr. New leaders also were named for Asnuntuck and Three Rivers.
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Board of Regents expected to name three presidents Friday
The Board of Regents for Higher Education is expected to fill three community college presidencies at a special meeting Friday, including the Quinebaug Valley Community College post sought by Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr.
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College budgets: Nearly 300 part-time teaching jobs eliminated
The number of part-time lecturers throughout the state’s largest public college system is likely to be cut back severely next school year as officials wrestle with budgetary constraints.
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Connecticut college system’s buy-one, get-one-free course plan scaled back
Connecticut lawmakers have scaled back the key component of the plan aimed at shoring up the financial deficits the state’s largest public college system faces in the coming years. There will be less than half the original funding of the buy-one, get-one-free course incentive program.
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Senate leader a finalist for community college presidency
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, who is not seeking re-election after 22 years in office, was named Wednesday as one of three finalists for the presidency of Quinebaug Valley Community College.
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Blumenthal wants ‘bill of rights’ for college victims of sexual violence
After hearing from Connecticut college students about their experiences of sexual violence, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he wants an overhaul of federal law and enforcement procedures to ensure that college staff no longer turn away students seeking help.
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Malloy signs bills on sexual assault, nurse practitioners, long-term care insurance
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed into law two high-profile bills passed by the General Assembly. One imposes new requirements on how colleges and universities respond to student reports of sexual assault. The other allows nurse practitioners to practice independent of doctors.
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New law will speed hiring of UConn police, reduce overtime cost
The Connecticut legislature has passed a measure that will speed the hiring of new University of Connecticut police officers, reducing high overtime costs and improving department morale.
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How the CT Mirror hackathon taught me to be a student again
“It’s good to feel young again. But the professorial side of me needs to pose a deeper question that we sometimes avoid in these settings. Can a digital tool actually “solve” inequalities?”
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Not this year: Legislation to allow college athletes to unionize
With one week left in the legislative session, state Rep. Patricia Dillon said Wednesday that she will not be proposing legislation this year that would college athletes to form unions.
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The Basics: Improving services for sexually assaulted college students
The state Senate has given final approval to a bill that imposes requirements on how public and private colleges must respond to students who have been sexually assaulted, and what services must be provided to them. “There has been much disarray in the process in the past,” said Sen. Steve Cassano, Democratic chairman of the […]
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UConn 5-year plan: enroll more graduate students, increase research
UConn’s governing board has adopted a five-year plan that looks to increase enrollment in its graduate programs, boost research spending and set up a system to review faculty performance after they gain tenure.
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House GOP leader demands, gets apology from ECSU professor
It was a stunningly swift cycle of gaffe, controversy and apology in the Internet age: An adjunct professor insults Republicans on Monday, only to find his words recorded and posted online, drawing a denunciation from the floor of the state House of Representatives on Tuesday.
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Do dual UConn basketball titles = more donations?
The dual NCAA championship titles won by The University of Connecticut’s basketball teams haven’t yet translated into a jump in gifts, the school’s primary fundraising arm has reported — but officials are not worried.
