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CT colleges turn to certificate programs to boost enrollment, meet workforce demands

Connecticut’s colleges are expanding certificate and other non-degree programs to reverse enrollment declines while meeting employer demands for skilled workers.

CT to allow compensation for college athletes

Connecticut waded into the high-profile debate over paying student athletes this week, with Gov. Ned Lamont signing...

CT’s public universities report $457.3M operating loss in fiscal 2019

Connecticut’s four public universities saw their collective financial picture worsen in 2019, as a spike in fringe benefit expenses swamped upticks in state appropriations and tuition.

🔒Still not recovered from Great Recession, CT’s construction industry fears another slowdown

Connecticut's construction industry, still recovering from the Great Recession, is preparing for another uneasy period while state budget debates and spending plans from both parties promise sharp decreases in public spending.
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🔒Recruiting students key challenge facing CT colleges

Q&A talks with Mark Ojakian, president of the board of regents of the Connecticut State College & Universities system.

🔒Ojakian mends fences amid cost-cutting efforts

Mark Ojakian's first full year on the job as president of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) system was largely one of stabilizing and healing. It also was marked by successes, but importantly, laying the foundation for more.

🔒CT college tuition breaks a cross-state lure

Westfield, Mass., resident Ezra Bloom is taking a one-year advanced manufacturing certificate program at Asnuntuck Community College this year, and counting on it to land him an in-demand job.

Bond commission to vote on $188.1M in spending

The state bond commission, chaired by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, has $188.1 million in new spending it will consider Tuesday at its monthly meeting.
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New provost named for CSCU system

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system has hired a new provost to serve as academic second-in-command of the 90,000-student network of universities and colleges.

CT grads with highest average salary aren’t from Yale

A new study from SmartAsset, a New York financial technology company, shows Connecticut's Ivy League university did not produce the graduates with the highest average salaries.
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