If the coronavirus changes students’ attitudes toward residential life, the state’s public university’s and colleges face severe financial risk.
University of Connecticut
Posted inHealth
Member of Lamont’s security detail tests positive for COVID-19
A member of Gov. Ned Lamont’s security tested positive for COVID-19, the second employee from Lamont’s office to test positive.
Posted inEducation
UConn’s Storrs campus goes on full quarantine as COVID cases spread
The University of Connecticut announced Friday that its entire Storrs campus will be placed under quarantine.
Posted inEducation
UConn halts free tuition program amid surging budget deficits
Citing gaping deficits caused by the pandemic, UConn announced Wednesday it is discontinuing its free tuition program after one year.
Posted inMoney
Lawmakers eye higher ed, nonprofits for state bailout as COVID continues
Lawmakers say the state should help programs, like higher education, beset by the COVID pandemic. Will the governor agree?
Posted inEconomic Development
CT economy will struggle until at least 2030 to recover from COVID, UConn report warns
The UConn think tank also said state has hurt itself by failing to make investments in information technology.
Posted inEducation
UConn partners with public schools to add social work students for support
Public schools, in need of more support staff, are teaming up to bring UConn social work students into the mix.
Posted inEducation
‘Small gathering’ at CCSU results in weekly COVID rate above 3 percent
The school linked the spike in positive cases to a “small outdoor gathering” of 15 students at an off-campus apartment.
Posted inEducation
UConn could face largest budget shortfall in school’s history
School administrators said Friday they need the state’s help to close a $74 million budget deficit.
Posted inEducation
UConn places entire residence hall in quarantine as positive COVID-19 cases spike
Thirty-nine of the school’s 42 positive student COVID cases are at the Garrigus Suites residence hall.
Posted inEducation
State’s colleges and universities are doing ‘everything we can’ to safely reopen
Students will be tested, masks will be mandatory, and there will be fewer people on campus.
Posted inEducation
Local officials express concern about UConn, ECSU students spreading COVID
Local leaders want the governor to give them the authority to limit the size of public gatherings to 25 people.
Posted inEducation
Seven UConn students have tested positive for COVID-19
Four of the students are living on campus this semester, while the other three are commuting to classes.
Posted inEducation
UConn first among nation’s top division football schools to cancel season amid COVID
It’s a move no other school in NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision, the top division of competition in collegiate football, has made.
Posted inEducation, Money
Buffeted by COVID-19, CT universities must retain students to keep finances afloat
Public universities, and their budgets, are counting on students’ willingness to accept a socially distant, hybrid campus experience.
