Nicholas M. Donofrio is being replaced as chair
of the Board of Regents by Matt Fluery, and a new provost has been named. The president of
Southern Connecticut State University is departing for a post in California. Continue Reading →
The University
of Connecticut on
Wednesday became the ninth university to revoke an honorary doctorate awarded
to Bill Cosby. It was the first honorary degree the university has ever
revoked. Continue Reading →
The University
of Connecticuts
governing board Wednesday adopted a largely flat $1.3 billion budget for the
fiscal year that begins Friday, retreating from years of rapid spending
increases at the public university. But it is asking for a big increase in
state funding next year to catch up on its Next Generation plan to increase
enrollment and faculty. Continue Reading →
Under a new federal pilot program, hundreds of inmates at seven state
prisons throughout Connecticut
will soon be offered the chance to earn a college degree or certificate -- for
free. Continue Reading →
Legislative leaders Thursday blasted hefty pay increases University of Connecticut
President Susan Herbst
awarded to four senior staff members as the state and public university grapple
with big budget cuts. Continue Reading →
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled
Wednesday that a trial judge used the wrong legal standard when he ordered the University of Connecticut to give an animal-rights
group the names of researchers who had violated animal-research protocols. The
university withheld the names to protect the researchers from potential abuse
by animal-rights activists. Continue Reading →
In a fiscally challenging year in which few non-union managers received pay
increases–at UConn or elsewhere in state government-President
Susan Herbst is sticking by promises she made in 2013
and 2014 to give multiyear increases to four senior staff. Continue Reading →
The cutback is one of a series headed for the states adult vocational
programs as the TechnicalHigh School System
retreats from also serving adult learners to one more strictly focused on
high-school students. Continue Reading →
Citing a minefield of obstacles to closing the states controversial jail
for juvenile offenders, the governors budget and policy director said Thursday
that previously announced plans to close the Connecticut Juvenile Training
School by July 2018 may have to be pushed back significantly. Continue Reading →
More cuts are on the way, but the governing board for the state's community
colleges and regional state universities adopted an already painful $1.2
billion budget Thursday that does not raise spending,
even though the cost to provide existing programs and services will increase. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTONThe move to improve a child care subsidy
program that helps low-and-moderate income families has also made it more
expensive and forced Connecticut
to cut 6,100 children from the rolls, a state official told a Senate panel
Wednesday. Continue Reading →
A Superior Court judge Friday gave the state another year to figure out how
to desegregate the schools thousands of Hartford children attend, though Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said later in the afternoon the state is
under no obligation to move much beyond currently required levels of
integration – 47.5 percent of Hartford's students. Continue Reading →
Connecticut public college officials hope
to lure college-bound students from Massachusetts
this fall by offering them in-state tuition rates if they enroll in AsnuntuckCommunity College in Enfield. Continue Reading →
While Connecticut
municipalities decried a last-minute cut in state assistance Friday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy administration defended the legality of
his line-item veto targeting local aid. Continue Reading →
The state said it has more discretion about whether and how to proceed with
complaints against charter schools than it does for schools operated by local
school boards. Continue Reading →