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2021 Media Coverage
Changes are coming for state college union workers if labor bill passes, April 20, 2022, WNPR
Recovery For All CT Advocates for Mental Health Services at State Capitol, Backed by CSU-AAUP, February 27, 2022, CT Student Mental Health News
Seeking union contract, professors warn proposed cuts will impact CT college students, November 30, 2021, CT Insider
CCSU Faculty Say Proposed Contract ‘Stinks’, November 15, 2021, NBC Connecticut
‘The Board is trying to turn us into robots’: CCSU-AAUP union members, students rally against contract proposals, November 15, 2021, New Britain Herald
Educators, Staff Call For More Funding For Public Higher Education At Rally In New Haven, September 29, 2021, WTNH
Root Out Misogyny In CSCU, September 29, 2021, CT Mirror
More Red Flags About Students First, September 20, 2021, CT Mirror
Martin Looney (opinion): The Ongoing Importance Of Unions For Workers July 16, 2021, New Haven Register
What A Time To Be In Academia July 15, 2021, CT NewsJunkie
Chanting ‘No More Cuts, Tax The Rich,’ Hundreds Of Unionized State Workers Rally At Capitol Ahead Of Contract Fight July 13, 2021, Hartford Courant
State Workers Rally For ‘Hero Pay,’ Telecommuting. Governor Lamont Says ‘We’re Talking’ July 13, 2021, WTNH
Opinion: Board of Regents’ Proposals Undermine Their Own Stated Goals May 29, 2021, CT Mirror
Senate Democrats Vote To Strengthen Hand Of Public Unions May 13, 2021, CT Mirror
Should Two And Four Year Degrees Be Free? May 13, 2021, The New York Times
Alongside 14-foot Inflatable Skunk, CSCU Faculty Say Proposed Contracts ‘Stink’ May 13, 2021, CT Post
Some Universities’ Response To Budget Woes: Make Faculty Teach More Courses April 30, 2021, Washington Post
Some Universities’ Response To Budget Woes: Make Faculty Teach More Courses “Turning the thumbscrews” on professors ultimately hurts students, faculty complain April 30, 2021, Hechinger Report
Students, Professors March For More Money For Higher Ed, April 30, 2021, NBC-CT
A Pandemic Lesson For CSCU Leaders: Affordable, Accessible Childcare Is Critical, April 22, 2021, CT Mirror
Legislature Sets Its Own Budget Plan And The Stage Is Set For Debate, April 21, 2021, CT Mirror
14-foot Skunk In Tow, Union Says CT Higher Education Contract Proposals ‘Stink”, April 21, 2021, New Haven Register
Governor Lamont Can Negotiate A Bold, Equitable Budget, April 13, 2021, CT Mirror
Professors Protest CSCU Policies, April 6, 2021, The Chronicle
Deep Concern About The Harmful Nature Of The Board Of Regents’ Contract Proposal, March 17, 2021, CT Mirror
Shortchanging Research Is Shortsighted, March 14, 2021, The Hartford Courant
Big Paychecks For New Community College Administrative Staff Fuel Discord As Regents Prepare To Hire New President, March 13, 2021, The Hartford Courant
The Board Of Regents Changes Must Not Shortchange Its Students Or Faculty, March 4, 2021, CT Mirror
CSCU Faculty Voice Accreditation Concerns In Negotiations With Board Of Regents, February 22, 2021, The Connecticut Examiner
Connecticut Tax Policy Must Adjust To Help Preserve Higher Education Here, February 16, 2021, CT Mirror
Budget Speeches Are Fine, But It’s Time For Gov. Lamont To Get To Work, February 12, 2021, The Hartford Courant
State employee unions tell Gov. Ned Lamont they won’t forego raises to spare the rich from a tax hike, February 11, 2021, The Hartford Courant
CSCU Administrative Budgets Out Of Synch With Educational Priorities Legislators Warn, February 9, 2021, The Connecticut Examiner
Connecticut’s $100 Million Shell Game January 21, 2021 CT Mirror
The New College Days: Reflecting On The First Semester Of The 2020-2021 Academic Year, January 15, 2021, WNPR Where We Live
2020 Media Coverage
The 737 Max And The CSCU Board of Regents – Biases At The Top Can Lead To Disasters For The Organization – December 22, 2020 CT Mirror
If COVID-19 Makes Campus Life Less Attractive, CT Universities Will Pay A Stiff Price – December 22, 2020 CT Mirror
‘Draconian’ Contract Proposals In Connecticut – December 15, 2020 Inside HigerEd
Faculty, Board of Regents Stake Out Vast Differences on Collective Bargaining Agreement – December 15, 2020 Connecticut Examiner
Faculty, Staff Urge Leaders Not To Make Cuts – November 19, 2020 – WFSB Channel 3
Jane Gates Appointed Interim CSCU President – November 19, 2020 CT Mirror
Professors, Students Protest Increased Budget Cuts at Connecticut State Universities – November 19, 2020 Hartford Courant
Austerity Measures Will Hurt Connecticut’s State Universities – November 18, 2020 CT Mirror
There Is Too Much State Borrowing To Benefit Private Colleges And Schools – November 16, 2020 CT Mirror
Fiscal Responsibility Or Slash-And-Burn Budgetary Politics at CSCU? – November 3, 2020 CT Mirror
CSCU Makes More Budget Cuts To States Colleges And Universities – October 28, 2020 TheRecorder
Lawmakers Eye Higher Ed, Non-Profits For State Bailout As COVID Continues – October 26, 2020 CT Mirror
Lawmakers To Lamont: Use CT Reserves To Bailout Colleges, Non-Profits – October 26, 2020 CT Insider
Public Higher Education At Critical Crossroads – October 23, 2020 CT NewsJunkie
Union Calls On State Leaders To Reject Proposal To Cut Funding To Four State Universities – October 21, 2020 WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News
CSCU Faculty And Students Ask For Emergency Funding After Budget Cuts – October 21, 2020 CT Mirror
Professors, Students and Alumni Protest Budget Cuts At Connecticut’s State Universities – October 21, 2020 Hartford Courant
Fighting For The Common Good In Connecticut – October, 21, 2020 Bargaining For The Common Good
The Board of Regents – Penny Wise, Pound Foolish And Increasingly Unjust – October 21, 2020 CT Mirror
Cuts To Education Smack Of False Economy – October 16, 2020 CT Examiner
Opening Minds, Opening Doors At CSCU – October 15, 2020 CT Mirror
Learning: A Special Report: This School Year Has Been Unlike Any Other – October 15, 2020 New York Times
Drop In Community College Enrollment And Lower Occupancy Of University Dorms Fueling $69M Deficit At Connecticut’s State Colleges And Universities – October 7, 2020 Hartford Courant
New Round Of Budget Cuts Hitting Personnel – October 7, 2020 Inside HigherEd
Amid Declining Enrollment And Revenue, CSCU System Asks State For A $69 Million Bailout – Fox 61 CT
Legislators Ask CSCU To Reconsider Reopening Measures – August 25, 2020 CT News Junkie
CSCU President Ojakian ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Over The Future; Announces Retirement – August 16, 2020 Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals
Faculty From Several State Colleges Complain Connecticut’s Plan For COVID Testing Is Lacking – August 13, 2020 Hartford Courant
Connecticut Community College: Dumbing Down Diversity In The Name Of College Success – June 23, 2020 CT Mirror
CSCU To Review College Programs To Determine Relevance To Hiring CT Employees – June 22 Hartford Business Journal
What Would A Merged Community College Look Like? CSCU Progress Report Details Road Map To The Future – June 14, 2020 CT Post
My Gig Work As A Professor Is More Precarious Than Ever In This Pandemic – June 3, 2020 The Guardian
State College And University Campuses To Reopen For Start Of Fall Semester – May 29, 2020 CT Mirror
New Community College Organization Chart Is Built Upside Down – May 26, 2020 CT Mirror
Essential Workers Sick With COVID-19 Deserve Workers’ Comp – May 15, 2020 CT Mirror
One Size Won’t Fit All: Gradual Reopening Of Connecticut Colleges In The Works – May 6, 2020 CT Post
Recommendations Revealed For Phased Reopening of Connecticut Colleges And Universities – May 6, NBC-CT
What We Lose When We Go From The Classroom To Zoom – May 4, 2020 New York Times
Gig Professors Need Protection During Coronavirus – April 29, 2020 Hartford Courant
Front-line Workers In The COVID-19 Fight Need Unions – April 23, 2020 Washington Post
GOP’s Fassao Presses Lamont To Delay Raises During Pandemic – April 23, 2020 CT Mirror
For Many College Students, Online Learning During Coronavirus Is Far From A ‘New Normal’ – April 22, 2020 Hartford Courant
Barely Getting By – April 20, 2020 Inside Higher Ed
Coronavirus Could Make Online Learning The New Norm At CT Colleges – April 6, 2020 Hartford Business Journal
Turning Point Weighs In On The Crisis – March 24, 2020 Academe
Higher Ed Going On Break And Then Online – March 13, 2020 CT News Junkie
Charge Of Voter Suppression Shows True Racial Animus – February 23, 2020 The Day
Professor: I Just Earned Tenure; It Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Be Fired – February 3, 2020 Atlanta Journal Constitution
“Good Faith” And Community College Consolidation – January 31, 2020 CT Mirror
College And Kids: Addressing The Challenges Student Parents Face – January 14, 2020 WNPR Where We Live
2019 Media Coverage
Student Debt Increased By 107% This Decade Federal Reserve Data Shows – December 30, 2019
Faculty Protest Community College Consolidation – December 22, 2019 – Middletown Press
Faculty, Staff Crowd Regents Meeting To Oppose College Merger Plan – December 20, 2019 Hartford Courant
A Strange New England Coral May Hold Secrets To Combating Climate Change – December 8, 2019 WNPR Where We Live
CSCU President Uses Low Graduation Rates To Make Case For Consolidation – November 15, 2019 The Day
CCSU Professor And Her Team Uncover The Mysteries Of Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground – November 12, 2019 New Britain Herald
This Looks Like The Start Of A Great Time For Unions – October 21, 2019 Bloomberg
Key Republican Legislator Miffed About UConn President’s Free Tuition Plan – October 9, 2019 CT Mirror
UConn President Announces Free Tuition Program at “Big, Fat, Greek” Inauguration – October 4, 2019 CT Mirror
Will An Age Of Activism And Strikes Lead To Union Growth? – October 4, 2019 CT Mirror
Board of Regents Lacks Accountability; Siphons Funds From Students – September 28, 2019 CT Examiner
The Expendable Workforce: Adjunct Faculty In Higher Education – September 19, 2019 WNPR Where We Live
Follow The Money: Fund Community Colleges Not System Office – August 20, 2019 CT Viewpoints
What Do These “No Confidence” Votes Mean? – July 8, 2019 CT Mirror
Talking Students First With CCSU Professor Matt Warshauer – June 15, 2019 NBC-CT Face The Facts
A Community College “To Do” List – May 24, 2019 CT Mirror
Faculty Vote “No Confidence” In CSCU Leaders And Their Consolidation Plan – May 15, 2019 CT Mirror
Faculty Votes Oppose Community College Consolidation Plan – May 10, 2019 Journal Inquirer
Community College Overlap? Some Believe New Regional Presidents Are Redundant – April 29, 2019 Journal Inquirer
Nader Urges Connecticut Governor To Reject Community College Consolidation – April 22, 2019 CT Post
Calling For Cuts At Colleges: CSCU Issues Consolidation Update To Governing Body – April 18, 2019 Journal Inquirer
Connecticut Moves To Consolidate Community Colleges Amid Faculty Opposition – April 17, 2019 Inside Higher Ed
Troubling Numbers: The Cost Of “Saving” – April 2, 2019 CT Mirror
A Plan To Increase Tuition By 5 Percent At Connecticut’s Regional Universities Has Been Approved – March 28, 2019 Hartford Courant
College Proposal Called “A Very Big Deal” – March 28, 2019 Journal Inquirer
Reluctant Warriors: Students, Faculty Deliver Petition To Lamont Opposing Consolidation Of 12 Community Colleges in Connecticut – March 9, 2019 Hartford Courant
“Radical” CT College Consolidation Plan Draws Dozens Of Protesters – March 9, 2019 CT Post
Community College Students, Staff Speak Out Against Consolidation Plan – March 8, 2019 Channel 3 Eyewitness News
CT College Consolidation Strategy A “Massive Gamble” – March 7, 2019 CT Post
Fact Checking The CSCU Reorganization – February 19, 2019 CT Mirror
How The Right Learned To Loathe Higher Education – January 31, 2019 Chronicle Of Higher Education
2018 Media Coverage
SCOTUS Rules Against Mandatory Union Fees For Public Employees, June 26, WTNH
Connecticut State University Professors Want To Be Heard, May 14, WNPR
Regents Under Fire For Push On Merger, May 11, Journal Inquirer
Regents: Extra State Funds Not A Cure-All for System In Crisis, May 10, CT Mirror
Official Vows To Push Ahead With Community College Merger Plan, May 10, WTIC and Associated Press
Community College Merger Plan To Push Forward Despite Opposition, May 10, CT Post
Leaders Pushing Community College Plan Forward Despite Accreditor’s Rejection, May 10, Hartford Courant
Faculty Take Board Of Regents To Task Over College Consolidation Plan, May 10, NBC-CT
State Educators Take On CSCU President, Board, May 10, Fox 61
Ojakian Tells Legislators Could Double At Community Colleges, Rise By Nearly 50 Percent At State Universities, April 26, Hartford Courant
Community College Leaders Looking At Campus Closures, Tuition Hikes After Merger Plan Denied, April 25, Hartford Courant
Planned Community College Merger Rejected By Commission, April 25, Fox-61
Students React To Rejection Of College Consolidation Plan, April 25, NBC-CT
Community College Merger Off, April 25, Journal Inquirer
Plan To Consolidate Leadership Of Connecticut Community Colleges Rejected, April 25, 2018, WTNH
Connecticut’s College Merger Plan Rejected, April 24, CT Post
NEASC Turns Down Proposed Community College Merger, A Move CSCU Leaders Call ‘Devastating,’ April 24, Hartford Courant
Accrediting Body Rejects Community College Consolidation, April 24, CT Mirror
NEASC Rules Against Plan For Community College Consolidation, April 24, NBC-CT
Connecticut’s College Merger Plan Rejected, April 24, The Middletown Press
Martin Luther King’s Legacy Still Lives On In Connecticut, April 4, 2018, Fox 61
CCSU’s AAAUP Aims To Combat Higher Education Cuts, April 4, 2018, The Recorder
University Faculty Weigh In On Community College Consolidation Plan, March 7, 2018, CT Post
Democratic Lawmakers Detail Free College Tuition, March 2, 2018, CT News Junkie
Democratic Legislators Propose Free State College Programs, March 1, 2018, Hartford Courant
Put Students First: Close The CSCU System, Disband The Board Of Regents, Feb. 20, 2018, CT Mirror
Lawmakers Question College Consolidation Plan, Jan. 31, 2018, CT Post
Legislators Pepper Ojakian With Questions About Community College Consolidation Plan, Jan. 31, 2018, Hartford Courant
CSCU President Pushes Plan For Community College Consolidation, Jan. 30, 2018, NBC-CT
Proposal To Consolidate State’s Community Colleges, Jan. 30, 2018, Fox 61
Connecticut Regents Failed To Do College Merger Homework, Jan. 28, 2018, Hartford Courant Op-Ed
CSCU President Mark Ojakian: Following Consolidation Vote, Plenty Of Work Yet To Be Done, Jan. 2, 2018, Westfair Communications
2017 Media Coverage
Regents Green Light Community College Consolidation. December 14, 2017, CT News Junkie
Board of Regents votes to consolidate all 12 community colleges. December 14, 2017, CT Mirror
Regents Vote To Consolidate Community Colleges Despite Critics. December 14, 2017, Hartford Courant
State Board Of Regents OKs Community College Consolidation. December 14, 2017, New Haven Register
Community College Consolidation Moves To Next Phase. December 14, 2017, CT Post
State Colleges To Be Consolidated. December 14, 2017, NBC Connecticut
CSCU Board Of Regents Approves Consolidation Plan. December 15, 2017, Fox 61 News
Faculty Members Questions CCSU’s Plan To Consolidate, December 13, 2017
College Students, Professors From CSU System Urge Malloy To Veto Budget Plan, Sept. 27, 2017, WTNH News 8
Professors Decry Higher Ed Cuts In State Budget Bill, Sept. 27, 2017, WTIC News Talk CBS Connecticut
Republicans Call For Override, Malloy Calls For A Veto, Sept. 27, 2017, CTNewsJunkie
Conn. Higher Ed Students, Faculty Give ‘F’ To Republican Budget, Sept. 27, 2017, Hartford Courant
Professors, Students Protest Republican Budget In Hartford, Sept. 27, 2017, Waterbury Republican-American
CSU-AAUP Faculty, Students Fail This Budget Action, Sept. 27, 2017, WFSB Channel 3
Republican Leaders Speak Out On The Latest Stage Of State Budget Stalemate, Sept. 27, 2017, Fox 61
Labor, Urban Advocates Rally To Urge Malloy Veto Of GOP Budget, Sept. 21, 2017, CT Mirror
State Education Funding To Be A Battleground In Budget Dispute, Sept. 20, 2017, CT Mirror
Concession Fatigue In Connecticut, August 29, 2017, Labor Notes
Employee Unions Endorse Concessions Deal By Huge Margin, July 18, 2017, Hartford Courant
Some Community Colleges Could Close Under Budget Plans, May 19, 2017, Hartford Courant
Budget Warning From Connecticut State President, May 18, 2017, Inside HigherEd
College Courses Considered As State Budget Troubles Worsen, May 18, 2017, NBC CT
Our View: The Budget Situation Hits Closer To Home, May 18, 2017, New Britain Herald
Plan Pushback: Professors Opposed To CSCU President’s Proposed Savings Ideas, May 17, 2017, New Britain Herald
Faculty Protest Changes At CSCU Board Of Regents Meeting, May 11, 2017, WTNH News 8
Faculty Protest Cost Saving Plan For CSCU, May 11, 2017, Hartford Courant
Students, Faculty Speak Out Against CSCU Consolidation, May 11, 2017, WFSB Eye Witness News
Connecticut State College, Reorganization Unnecessary, May 4, 2017, Hartford Courant
Protest Rally Held Against State College Cuts At CCSU, April 25, 2017, WTNH News 8
CCSU Faculty to Take ‘No Confidence’ Vote on CSCU Board of Regents, President, April 24, 2107, NBC CT
CSCU President Pushing Money-saving Plan, April 24, 2017, New Britain Herald
Faculty Balk At Ojakian’s ‘Clandestine’ Plan For CSCU’s Future, April 10, 2017, CT Mirror
CSCU Faculty On Edge Awaiting Budget-Balancing Plan, April 3, 2017, Hartford Courant
CSCU President Proposes Consolidating Administrative Positions, April 3, 2017, Fox 61
Administration Consolidations Proposed for CSCU Colleges, April 3, 2017, NBC CT
State Employees Launch Battle Against 96 Bills, March 24, 2017, Hartford Courant
Rotua Lumbantobing: Contrary To Report, State Employees Not Overpaid, March 17, 2017, Newstimes
Unions Push For Tuition Aid For ‘Dreamers,’ April 26, 2017, CT Post
Faculty Plan Vote Of ‘No Confidence’ In Board Of Regents For Higher Education, April 21, 2017, WNPR
Connecticut State Colleges And University System Poised For Change, April 20, 2017, WNPR
Ojakian Explains His Plan For Administrative Consolidation Of The CSCU System, April 6, 2017, WNPR
Decision On CSCU Tuition Hikes Heads To The Board Of Regents, March 28, 2017, NBC CT
Tuition Hike Recommended For Connecticut State Colleges, March 24, 2017, Associated Press.
Day Of Action At State Capitol For Public Higher Education, January 26, 2017, Fox 61
2016 Media Coverage
Ojakian’s Contract Extended As President Of The Connecticut Colleges & University System, December 8, 2016, Hartford Courant
Searching for the Elusive Plastic Pollution Off Connecticut’s Coast, November 22, 2016, WNPR
‘Starvation mode’ for Connecticut, our nation’s richest state?, May 19, 2016, CT Viewpoints
CT legislature undermining future of its higher education system, May 17, 2016 CT Viewpoints
I’ve tried cheaper states than CT, and here I am May 8, 2016, Hartford Courant
More Than 700 Rally At Capitol Against Concessions, Cuts, April 4, 2016, Hartford Courant
Decision on CSCU Tuition Hikes Heads to the Board of Regents, March 28, 2017, NBC CT
Tuition Hike Recommended For Connecticut State Colleges, March 24, 2017, Associated Press.
Day of Action at State Capitol for public higher education, January 26, 2017, Fox 61
CSCU, union still at odds with arbitration deadline near, January 21, 2016, CT Mirror
Fearing Tenure Changes, Professors Protest Contract Proposals, January 21, 2016, Hartford Courant