Colleges & Universities

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pledged to “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students enrolled at UConn, Stony Brook University and more.

Some college students still feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, years after the world returned to normalcy. The lingering impact of the pandemic has been profound, ranging from academic struggles to sharp swings in mental health.

Students and faculty rallied at the Connecticut State Capitol Wednesday, urging more funding for state colleges and universities, just weeks after Gov. Lamont announced over $6 million in budget cuts to offset costs in his 2025 fiscal budget.

Martin Guay, who works at Stanley Black & Decker, was chosen by Gov. Ned Lamont to serve as the Connecticut State Colleges and University system’s Board of Regents chair.

A plan to charge a textbook fee at CT colleges led to questions about whether it would harm or benefit students. Some called it a 'junk fee.'

The final deadline to submit for Connecticut’s automatic admissions was Thursday. The state hopes to have received double the number of submissions as the previous year — when 1,600 college hopefuls participated.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has introduced the COREY Act, named after Corey Hausman of Westport, Connecticut who died in 2018 after falling off his skateboard while attending the University of Colorado.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Jessika Harkay to discuss her article, “How CT’s college-readiness system leaves students of color behind,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Top students at some Connecticut high schools are finding that they’re not fully prepared for university courses.

Connecticut’s regional university and college system could eliminate more than 3,500 full and part-time jobs — including 654 layoffs — while boosting student tuition and fees by as much as $1,000 by 2025, based on funding in the latest state budget proposal.