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The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system were represented Tuesday evening at a public hearing for the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, pushing for more funding for higher education.
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A public hearing next week is expected to include pleas from CSCU students and faculty for more state funding. But top budget officials are holding strong on claims that the state has already done its part.
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The resolution, which follows the approval of 5% tuition hikes, says Cheng failed to secure adequate funding and hasn't taken accountability.
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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.
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Students in Connecticut have faced insults, threats, and even violence as reported cases of Islamophobia and antisemitism rise on campus. But experts posit that some threats come from far outside of the communities being targeted. And they encourage students to use that perspective to open dialogue with one another, despite their differences.
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Tuition at Connecticut’s public colleges and universities is set to increase by 5% next school year to make up for a decline in enrollment, less state funding and high fringe costs.
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As presidents of major universities in the country come under fire for inadequate responses to hate speech on campus, students question where free speech ends and unprotected speech begins. Experts define hate speech, threats, and more.
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Students are confused, anxious, and hurt. It hasn't always been clear how they should be interacting with their college administration when using their free speech and expression.
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Money that kept Connecticut higher education afloat during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is going away, and colleges face course and job cuts.
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In the midst of the first college application season since the Supreme Court repealed affirmative action last summer, students and education advocates alike share their confusions, fears and frustrations. But some perspectives lend a lens of hope for the future of diverse schools.