by Suzanne Bates | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog, Education, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Gov. Dannel Malloy announced on Thursday that he wants to borrow $1.5 billion over the next 10 years to strengthen the science, technology, engineering and math programs at the University of Connecticut. This announcement raises a few questions. First, how much of...
by Suzanne Bates | Jan 26, 2013 | Economy, Education, Features, General, Health Care
This week two more examples surfaced of how men are falling behind women, lending credence to the national narrative that men – particularly young men – are struggling to keep up. More young men than young women in Connecticut drop out of high school, and the state’s...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 19, 2012 | Education, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s higher education bureaucracy – including a flagship university and its health center, four state universities and 12 community colleges – employs 29 spokesmen known as public information officers to work with the media, among other tasks, at a cost of...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 29, 2012 | Education, Features, General, Taxes & Spending
Connecticut’s 12 community college presidents receive about $13,000 a year in perks above and beyond standard state employee benefits such as salary, health benefits and retirement plans. The additional pay has three components, “optional expenses,” $3,250; “optional...
by Paige Rhymer | Nov 28, 2012 | Education, General
The poor performance of public education has surpassed importance on a state level and is now considered by the Council of Foreign Relations a threat to national security that will leave the country unable to compete and succeed in a global economy. Despite the fact...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 26, 2012 | Education, Features
Employees of the University of Connecticut receive free tuition at the college for themselves, their spouses and children, an in-kind benefit worth $4.7 million in 2011. In 2009, UConn gave $4 million in tuition waivers, according to documents obtained through a...
