CSCU President Mark Ojakian today announced his intention to retire effective January 1, 2021, after more than 40 years of public service in Connecticut.
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The Board of Regents for Higher Education allocated $3 million in one-time funding to launch the Pledge to Advance Connecticut (PACT) free community college program for the fall 2020 semester.
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The Board of Regents for Higher Education named 18 CSCU faculty as recipients of the annual 2019–20 Board of Regents Faculty Awards
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The Board of Regents for Higher Education appointed Dr. David Levinson as interim president of Connecticut State Community College, and named several members of Connecticut State Community College’s interim senior team.
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The Board of Regents selected five campus chief executive officers who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Capital, Gateway, Housatonic, Manchester, and Middlesex Community Colleges.
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US News and World Report ranked Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Connecticut State Universities as top Regional Universities North.
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Wallet Hub ranked Connecticut’s Community College system fifth best in the nation, and Northwestern Connecticut Community College the sixth best community college in the country. Wallet Hub also ranked Manchester, Naugatuck Valley, Asnuntuck and Capital Community College among the state’s best.
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The UConn Library and the CSCU Library Consortium have partnered to acquire major university press eBook collections from Walter De Gruyter Inc. which gives students, faculty and staff access to 4,800 books through the De Gruyter platform.
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Capital Community College has won a $3 million federal grant to improve student achievement and increase retention and graduation rates of low-income students.
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As part of Aurora Foundation’s 2020 Grantee College Success Programs, Charter Oak State College was awarded $14,500 for its Women in Transition Program, and Asnuntuck Community College and Tunxis Community Colleges were awarded $7,500 each for their Launch Their Leadership Journey Programs.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a surplus of displaced workers, Housatonic and Norwalk Community College launched a no-cost, fast-track healthcare training pilot program.
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Connecticut State Colleges and Universities partnered with The QA Commons to evaluate how higher education programs are preparing graduates for employment by focusing on the skills employers need, but are often lacking.
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Southern Connecticut State University’s Master of Library and Information Science degree program earned full accreditation by the American Library Association, and is the only accredited program of its kind in Connecticut and one of three in New England.
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Twelve outstanding students from the four Connecticut State Universities were awarded the Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award by the CSCU Foundation
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Thirty-one high-achieving students from Connecticut’s 12 community colleges were named to the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Connecticut Academic Team.
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