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, 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.
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UConn’s budget chief leaving with $138K severance
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.
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Support builds for UTC deal, but questions linger
Leaders of two crucial state legislative panels offered strong endorsements Monday for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s proposal to provide up to $400 million in tax relief for United Technologies in exchange for its major investment in its Connecticut aerospace industries.
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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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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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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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CT college officials question proposed sexual assault law
A proposed law that would overhaul how colleges and universities must respond to sexual assault has universal support among women legislators, but several college leaders are pushing back.
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Malloy budget chief: We want to spend more on colleges than proposed
The governor’s budget director said Friday that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s $60 million spending proposal aimed at renovating and upgrading the buildings at the state’s largest public college system is just a down payment on what’s really needed.
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UConn: We responded correctly to sexual assault reports
The University of Connecticut told a federal judge Monday that it did not fail in its legal responsibilities when students informed school officials that they had been raped or sexually assaulted. But the school offered no details.
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How safe is your college? CT congresswomen call for transparency
Connecticut’s two congresswomen have joined 37 of their colleagues to call on the U.S. Department of Education to make college safety data readily available for students and parents.
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Economists: Connecticut must lean less on Wall Street
The economy may be improving, but Connecticut leaders better not count on a return to the ‘boom-boom’ years of the 1980s and ’90s.
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Health trends. Schools. Politics. Money. Trees. (& a bit of whatnot)
If you blinked this week, you missed something — it was a non-stop cascade of news and events of interest to Connecticut residents.
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State report: UConn is less affordable
The University of Connecticut has become increasingly less affordable for low- and middle-income state resident, according to a new legislative study.