UConn’s in-state students will pay an extra $608 next year in tuition under a plan approved unanimously Wednesday by the university’s board of trustees.
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Colleges ‘swamped’ by students’ mental health needs, but services vary greatly
When it comes to mental health services on CT college campuses, “There’s a very large discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots.”
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Cost to attend UConn rises 23.3% over next five years under new tuition plan
Despite the increase, university officials said the plan limits year-to-year tuition increases to their lowest levels in five years.
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CSCU president uses low graduation rates to make case for consolidation
CSCU President Mark Ojakian used to defend the state’s community colleges against reports of low graduation rates. Now he’s using those low rates as evidence the schools should be consolidated.
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Too many CT colleges not delivering for their students, education group says
Many of Connecticut’s four-year colleges have low graduation rates and some also charge low-income students considerably more than they would have to pay elsewhere, the study found.
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Enrollment sags at CSCU colleges and universities
Enrollment at all but three of the state’s community colleges and regional universities fell by amounts greater than expected this fall, officials reported Thursday.
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Elections bring new focus on college debt, which burdens CT students more than others
What to do about the huge amount of college debt that is burdening young Americans is emerging as a significant issue in the 2020 elections.
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CCSU president accused of “public shaming” after releasing sexual misconduct reports
The head of CCSU’s faculty union said Zulma Toro’s decision to release the documents “was an attempt to threaten and intimidate faculty members.”
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CCSU President Toro: transparency is no joke
CCSU President Zulma Toro has repeatedly said she has zero tolerance for sexual misconduct and bullying. She apparently meant it.
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Key Republican legislator miffed about UConn president’s free tuition plan
Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano has some questions about UConn’s plan to offer a free-tuition program for families with incomes of less than $50,000.
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UConn President Katsouleas announces free tuition program at ‘big fat Greek inauguration’
Thomas Katsouleas kicked off his inauguration ceremony Friday as UConn’s 16 president with an announcement that lower-income Connecticut undergraduates starting at the university next fall will be eligible for free tuition.
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CSCU leader concerned about whether funding for debt-free college is viable
The president of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system is growing “increasingly concerned” about whether funding will be available in time to start offering debt-free community college in the fall of 2020 as called for in legislation passed earlier this year.
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UConn President Katsouleas on research growth, free speech, and faculty
The CT Mirror interviewed Katsouleas in his new office on the Storrs campus, where he discussed his goals for the university.
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UConn president’s goals: expand research and entrepreneurship, mitigate pension liability
The University of Connecticut’s new president, Thomas C. Katsouleas, got his marching orders Wednesday — a wide-ranging list of goals from working with the corporate community on workforce development to taking steps to mitigate the effect of the state’s burdensome unfunded pension liability.
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Reading the tea leaves on accreditors’ views of plan to merge community colleges
The accreditors’ letter has prompted a wide array of interpretations from faculty and others who are divided over the controversial plans to merge the state’s 12 community colleges.
