NEW HAVEN — Professors, students and two state lawmakers on Tuesday accused Connecticut’s Board of Regents for Higher Education of imperiling the academic accessibility of the state’s regional public universities with proposals to increase class sizes and cut salaries during contract negotiations with the faculty union. By: John Moritz / Hearst Connecticut Media
Faculty and students raised a stink Friday morning before the first town hall with CSCU President Terrence Cheng.
The faculty at Central Connecticut State University and some of the students used a 14-foot tall inflatable skunk to send a message to President Terrence Cheng. They wanted to let him know the faculty wants a better contract saying the proposed one stinks. By Christine Stuart | NBC Connecticut
Union leaders in SEBAC have been concerned by an overall lack of progress at the negotiating table for a number of months.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to tighten its grip on our collective health and safety, members of the Faculty Advisory Committee to the Board of Regents voted unanimously at its Aug. 20 meeting to pass a resolution addressing the return to campus for Fall semester.
The plan to consolidate the 12 community colleges in Connecticut into one college with 12 campuses is called “Students First,” which is ironic because it does not fund students first. It funds a new administration in a new, statewide bureaucracy. by Stephen Adair | The CT Mirror
We’re one semester into the 2020-2021 academic year. This hour, how are faculty at our Connecticut colleges and universities holding up? Connecticut Public Radio | By Lucy Nalpathanchil, Tess Terrible
