Students from the universities and community colleges spoke out against tuition hikes at the Dec. 14 BOR meeting. However, the board still chose to pass a 5% increase of tuition and fees across the system.
CSU-AAUP members have either submitted testimony or testified on the following bills and issues this session. Some of these focused explicitly on our system, while others were issues that were part of the Equity Agenda of the Recovery for All (R4A) coalition, or they were important to the CT AFL-CIO.
WCSU administrators proposed cutting several Social Sciences majors and minors, without input from faculty. Here are some news articles on the ongoing issues at Western.