The 17-institution Connecticut State Colleges & Universities System (CSCU) formed a systemwide open educational resources (OER) Council in 2017 that was primarily focused on the adoption of no-cost or low-cost (NOLO) course materials as a means to provide equitable access to learning materials. The CSCU consortium of library directors…

This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) James Madison University: Reflections on Sustained Excellence in Assessment (Keston H. Fulcher and Elizabeth R. H. Sanchez); (2) Editor's Notes: Assessment Excellence Abounds! (Stephen P. Hundley); (3) The Promise of an All-in-One Assessment System for Student…

A high incidence of college students required to complete non-credit remedial courses and the associated cost burden for students, colleges and states has been of great public concern. Connecticut legislators have intervened to revamp college remediation by passing the bill, Public Act 12-40 (PA 12-40) which impacts institutions in the Connecticut…

The Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and The Presidents' Forum have released a new study authored and researched by the Online Learning Consortium's Dr. Jill Buban, which sheds light on how adult learning institutions address students who possess alternative credentials and seek to apply these experiences to a degree. This…

This study examined the perceptions of Connecticut librarians at the secondary and post-secondary education levels regarding Information Literacy (IL) resources and instruction at the two levels; the competencies of their high school seniors and university/college first-year students; their familiarity with their respective institutions' IL…

This dissertation examines the formation, reformation, and standardization of land-grant colleges in the Northeastern United States during the last four decades of the nineteenth century. It is a history that explores the turbulent origins of land-grant colleges in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont,…

Ten states now offer in-state college tuition rates to illegal immigrant students. Others are struggling to enact similar policies. But while many advocates want to open the doors to higher education for undocumented students, critics say the laws granting in-state tuition discriminate against other low-income students and legal residents of the…

Reviews Connecticut's public community college growth since 1965, considering enrollment statistics, curricular offerings, occupational training programs, individualized courses, centers, and academic and apprenticeship programs. Connecticut's system includes 300 off-campus locations, 12 community colleges, five two-year colleges, and four…

Enrollment statistics for the state of Connecticut are presented. Highlights indicate: (1) Total enrollment in all colleges and universities in the state increased by 7.7 percent in fall 1974 over fall 1973, the largest percentage increase since 1970. (2) This increase in total enrollment resulted almost entirely from an increase in the number of…

In accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 10a-6 and 10a-8, the Board of Governors' prepares and presents to the Governor and General Assembly a consolidated capital budget request and five-year plan with recommendations for public higher education. Through passage of the UConn 2000 legislation, the University of Connecticut…

The distribution of academic programs in Connecticut as of July 1984 and recent trends in program approval are reviewed. Attention is focused on planned curricula that award certificates or degrees and that comprise five groupings: behavioral and social sciences, general and interdisciplinary studies, humanities, occupational/professional studies,…

Collective bargaining by faculty is a new and rapidly growing phenomenon in American higher education. Results of faculty collective bargaining in institutions of American higher education thus far have been mixed. A key contextual factor is the degree of adversary relationship that exists between the faculty and the administration. In studying…

Females comprise less than 25 percent of the student enrollment in Connecticut's state technical colleges, and more than 70 percent of them are clustered in data processing technology. For this reason, a sex equity workshop was held for a total of 28 representatives of the state's technical colleges. All of the participants felt that they gained a…

This report is the 8th annual survey of college enrollments in Connecticut as prepared by the Commission for Higher Education. Highlights indicate: (1) After decreasing rates of growth in total enrollment for the years 1970, 1971, and 1972, the percentage increase in fall 1973 over fall 1972 rose to 3.7%. (2) In the independent colleges, fulltime…

This report provides information about the 26,697 degrees and certificates granted by Connecticut colleges and universities between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999. Data are included on the gender and race or ethnicity of the recipients, and data are broken into academic disciplines following the Classification of Instructional Programs. The 29,697…