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Did emergency funding create a crutch for the Connecticut college system?

University Business

Dozens of state leaders representing Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) packed the Legislative Office Building on Monday to air their dissent of an approved budget that would lead to more than 650 full-time faculty and staff layoffs, axe 3,000 part-time positions and raise the possibility of potential college closures.

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Understanding the student experience better

SRHE

Their insights into student behaviours and experiences as generalised or generic were above the departmental and faculty limits of many academics which also challenged the traditional and now often dangerous practices and roles of personal tutors. The former is still thriving having merged with the Access Network.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

After finding this was happening, campus leaders had CCD more closely align the course objectives at the two other universities or had faculty identify all of the course learning objectives with an equivalency of transfer and credit. However, you need to have those support services at the schools as well and to be able to monitor progress.