The president of the NCAA has heard UConn basketball star Shabazz Napier’s complaints about going to bed “starving.”
Higher Education
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UConn’s 2,135 graduate assistants unionize
Graduate assistants at The University of Connecticut have voted to unionize — making them the school’s largest union, with 2,135 members.
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Community college president pays ethics fine
The president of Norwalk Community College, David Levinson, has been fined by the Office of State Ethics for signing off on the entrance fees for his wife to attend two balls, a fundraiser and conference with him.
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Hartford to host ’15 American Conference men’s basketball tourney
The University of Connecticut’s national championship men’s basketball team won’t have far to go for its conference tournament next year: Hartford’s XL Center was selected Monday to host the 2015 American Athletic Conference tourney.
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Op-ed: Sen. Williams not qualified or eligible to be college president
Connecticut State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr. is not qualified to be appointed president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. Nor should the position become a fallback sinecure for a politician looking to retire and reinvent himself.
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Op-ed: Sen. Williams not qualified or eligible to be college president
Connecticut State Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr. is not qualified to be appointed president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. Nor should the position become a fallback sinecure for a politician looking to retire and reinvent himself.
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Senate Democratic leader seeks spot as community college president
Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr. will be interviewed this weekend to become the next president of Quinebaug Valley Community College.
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Lawmakers vote to require better responses by CT colleges to sexual assaults
The House bill seeks to improve how all higher education institutions in Connecticut respond when a student comes forward to report an assault, and to boost prevention through bystander training akin to the “see something, say something” campaign.
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They may have a college degree, but does that lead to a job?
Two legislative committees have approved a bill that would require the state’s public colleges and the departments of Labor and Education to implement a system to track information on student employment once they graduate from Connecticut public colleges and universities.
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UConn’s Napier: ‘We do have hungry nights’
Napier told reporters that it’s hard for him to see his jersey getting sold while he struggles to eat.
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Obamacare deadline, and CT’s political season starts in earnest
One quasi-frenzy ends with a final Obamacare deadline, and the political uber-frenzy — also known as the gubernatorial election — truly begins with a totally expected announcement.
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Op-ed: College retention is everyone’s challenge
Too many challenged, first generation and under-represented students do not make it to campus after being admitted somewhere, in Connecticut and the nation.
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Citing state cuts, UConn to raise tuition 6.5 percent next year
Facing a $46.2 million deficit for next school year, The University of Connecticut plans to exercise a provision in the four-year tuition plan it adopted in 2011 that allows the school to increase tuition more than 26 percent over the four years if state funding decreases.
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UConn has 4 percent budget shortfall; considers additional tuition increase, other cuts
The University of Connecticut is facing a $46.2 million budget deficit for the fiscal year that begins July 1 — a 4 percent shortfall in the funding needed to continue its existing programs. Officials have not ruled out tuition increases and ways to cut expenses in order to close the gap.
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UConn, financial aid & out-of-state students
Nearly one-quarter of students who receive financial aid from The University of Connecticut are students who grew up out of state.
