The University of Connecticut will pay its budget chief, Richard Gray, $138,000 in severance when he steps down from the post next month. UConn President Susan Herbst announced Gray’s intention to retire Friday to faculty and staff, but his separation agreement with the state’s flagship university, signed Thursday, indicates it may have been more than a retirement.
Higher Education
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2 percent tuition increase hinges on big growth in enrollment
The governing board for the state’s largest public college system on Thursday voted to increase tuition by 2 percent next school year — warning that the modest increase relies on several things.
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Speaker says CT may need to cap property taxes to fix town budgets
Legislators should brace for a landmark debate next year on how Connecticut finances local services, including capping property taxes and shifting municipal expenses onto the state’s back, House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey said Friday.
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Not this year: Financial aid for undocumented students
College officials told Diez and the others seeking equal access to the millions of dollars the state’s public colleges give to other low-income students that they cannot legally offer them financial aid.
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Malloy supports financial aid for undocumented students
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters Wednesday that he supports opening state-funded financial aid to undocumented students and will follow the legislature’s lead on the issue.
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CT community colleges’ emergency budget reserves hit all-time low
“This is not a sustainable outlook,” said Matt Fleury, chairman of the Regents’ Finance Committee, of the remaining $9.7 million balance. College officials said they were forced to turn to the reserves in recent weeks to close this year’s budget deficit.
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Changing remedial college courses: law, implementation, pushback
Some people are confused about a new state law aimed at helping the many community college students who need remedial work.
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Malloy’s CT state college plan: Transformative, or a bailout?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s “Transform CSCU 2020” initiative appears to be part program, part bailout, or a “tuition supplement,” as college officials are calling it.
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Ex-UConn dean fights school’s allegations
An attorney for a former UConn dean says his client is being wrongly blamed for the university’s own failure to deal with the alleged sexual misconduct of a member of the Department of Music.
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House Speaker: Make CT colleges and hospitals pay property taxes
House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey says it’s time for hospitals and private colleges to pay property taxes.
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A history of sexual harassment at UConn’s Music Department
“Special Counsel’s investigation revealed strong, credible evidence that Professor [Robert] Miller engaged in serious misconduct with minors and with University students,” the report concludes.
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President of CT’s state colleges seeks small tuition increase
Gregory W. Gray, president of the state’s largest public college system, is asking his governing board to adopt a 2 percent tuition and fee increase for students next school year.
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One man’s ‘war’ against scooters at UConn
Rich Gray, UConn's chief financial officer Watch out scooter drivers at The University of Connecticut. The budget chief of the state’s flagship has launched a safety crusade against these operators — or, the “Rich Gray War,” as he told faculty during a meeting in December. The so-called war is “a humorous phrase that referred to […]
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Herbst paints dire fiscal picture for UConn
“We’ve made about as many cuts on the non-academic side as we can,” UConn President Susan Herbst told the legislature’s Appropriations Committee. “We are going to have to start in the academic side, and it’s very, very worrisome.”
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Op-ed: Connecticut’s place in the knowledge economy is linked to higher education
The caliber, vision and ingenuity of higher education places Connecticut in an enviable position, squarely on the lead edge of the accelerating pace of change.
