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Public Employees & Higher Education News
November 19, 2024
The Chief-Leader: House moves to get retired civil servants their full Social Security benefits
November 18, 2024
Yale Daily News: Alder candidates hard on crime, soft on past union tensions
November 15, 2024
Newsnation – On Balance (video): Listen to the teachers, pleads teachers’ union president
November 14, 2024
Connecticut Post: Connecticut teacher pension system leads to inequality between school districts, report says
Barron’s: Bill to Expand Social Security for Some Public Servants Advances in Congress
November 13, 2024
The CT Mirror: Social Security bill to raise benefits for some CT retirees clears House
Newsweek: What Parents Should Know About Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Dept. of Education
November 11, 2024
Yale Daily News: New Haveners react to Trump victory with fears, resolveEducational International: Education Unions in the United States stand firm for public education after Trump win
November 10, 2024
New York Times: Unions Bet Big on Harris. Now They’re Bracing for Consequences.
November 7, 2024
Payday Report: Union Members Vote for Kamala by Larger Margins than Biden – Red States Pass Pro-Union Ballot Initiatives
November 6, 2024
Record-Journal: Meriden Democratic legislative incumbents declare victory
CT Examiner: State Technical Schools Accused of Discrimination Against Special Ed Students
Bloomberg: Democrats Again Examine Their Fate After Second Loss to Trump
November 5, 2025
RollCall: Social Security bill bottled up after election night maneuver
November 4, 2024
CT Insider: ‘A fresh start’: CT tech schools set for leadership overhaul after turmoil
The Day: Labor board calls out Salem superintendent for ‘anti-union animus’
New Haven Independent: Teachers Union Prez Seeks 2nd Term
CT Public – Where We Live (audio): ‘Artistic Congress’: How politics and art interact
November 1, 2024
WTNH-TV Channel 8 News (with video): Sen. Blumenthal calls on FTC to investigate bulletproof backpack claims
October 31, 2024
CT News Junkie: Lamont Hopes To Ensure ‘Stability’ In Technical Schools After No-Confidence Vote
Connecticut Post: CT technical schools executive director to step down after 6 unions call for her removal
New Haven Independent: Alders Cautiously Advance More School $
The Independent: Kamala Harris boosted by major union voter drives in final election push
October 30, 2024
Yale Daily News: Alders, teachers union question $1 million dollar renovation at NHPS administrative building
CT Examiner: Hartford Teachers Call for More Staff, Higher Pay in New Strategic Plan
NPR News (with audio): With much at stake, labor unions knock on millions of doors in final campaign push
October 29, 2024
CT Insider: CT tech school teachers vote no confidence in CTECS executive director, call for leadership change
Republican American: Kaynor staff joins tech teachers in call for boss’ removal
Bloomberg News: BlackRock, Vanguard Stakes in Banks Draw Labor Union Critics
October 28, 2024
New York Times: Bulletproofing America’s Classrooms
The New York Times: Republicans Distance Themselves From Puerto Rico Insult at Trump’s Rally
October 25, 2024
Yale Daily News: Board of Alders unimpressed by NHPS updates on facilities, security
October 23, 2024
New Haven Independent: Hello Pennsylvania, New Haven’s Calling
October 22, 2024
The Courant: Connecticut is giving $10M to certain public school staff. Here’s how and why.
October 21, 2024
TruthOut: School Vouchers Have a Racist History and Troubling Impacts on Public Schools
The CT Mirror – Podcast (audio): How are CT candidates talking to voters about the budget?
Public Employees & Higher Education News
November 18, 2024
The Bristol Press: CCSU rallies against state budget cuts
November 15, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: How Higher Ed Can ‘Safeguard’ for Democracy
The Courant: Cuts, tuition hikes at CT colleges ‘risk the future of the state,’ staff and students say
Connecticut Public (with audio): CSCU unions paint picture of system in decline, demand increased funding
The CT Mirror: Lamont moves to tighten CT spending despite projected surplus
November 14, 2024
CT Mirror: Projected tax revenues surge, but CT can’t spend most of windfall
The CT Mirror: CSCU unions call for more funding for higher ed as session nears
NBC Connecticut News (with video): CSCU union leaders and faculty call for more state funding next fiscal year
November 13, 2024
CNBC: The House just voted ‘yes’ on a bill that would increase Social Security checks for some pensioners
Connecticut Mirror: Social Security bill to raise benefits for some CT retirees clears House
Inside Higher Ed: Many Faculty Say Academic Freedom Is Deteriorating. They’re Self-Censoring.
November 6, 2024
CT Insider: Democrat Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox declares victory in state Senate 22nd District race
The Bristol Press: Pavalock-D’Amato optimistic for re-election victory as count of early ballots continues into Wednesday
The Courant: UConn officials downplay potential program cuts; University Senate members feel left ‘in the dark’
November 4, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: October Brings Deep Cuts at Several Campuses
November 3, 2024
CT Insider: Top CT lawmaker: UConn taking ‘Walmart-like approach’ that ‘would undermine core mission’
October 31, 2024
The Daily Campus: Provost’s review, early decision discussed at Board of Trustees meeting yesterday
CT Examiner: Professors Throw Support Behind Community College Plan
October 30, 2024
New Haven Register: Six unions representing CT tech school employees call for leadership change
CT Examiner: UConn Chair Dismisses Likelihood of Cutting 70 Low-Enrolled Programs
Register Citizen: UConn board chair says 70 majors won’t be cut but some might: ‘We cannot be afraid of change’
The CT Mirror: CT retirement benefit debate looms large over next term
Inside Higher Ed: The AAUP’s New President Is Not Staying Neutral
October 29, 2024
CT Insider: 5 things to know about CSCU chancellor’s controversial spending habits
The Trumbull Times: 5 things to know about CSCU chancellor’s controversial spending habits
The Wesleyan Argus: Faculty and Staff Discuss Issues in Forum
Inside Higher Ed: Conn. Governor Calls for Audit of State System
October 28, 2024
The Daily Campus: Languages, Cultures and Literature votes against cutting majors, concerns arise regarding misleading major count data
October 27, 2024
The Courant: More than half of UConn academic programs at risk of being slashed
October 25, 2024
WTNH Channel 8. News (video): Gov. Lamont calls for college system audit
October 24, 2024
Fox 61 News (with video): UConn’s low-enrollment majors could soon see cuts
CT Insider: Amid tuition hikes, head of CT’s largest college system faces criticism over spending, perks
The CT Mirror: Could CT budget face emergency cuts despite plan to save $1.2B?
October 22, 2024
Associated Press: New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty
October 21, 2024
The CT Mirror – Long Story Short Podcast (audio): How are CT candidates talking to voters about the budget?
The Courant: UConn faculty, students fear cuts amid projected deficit: ‘Alarming that I may not have a degree to finish’
CT Insider: UConn faculty ‘terrified’ as these 70 majors facing cuts in new evaluation process
The Daily Campus: At least 245 academic programs at risk of elimination in Provost’s review
The Daily Targum: Rutgers faculty unions host teach-in to discuss academic freedom at U., national level
October 20, 2024
The CT Mirror: Candidates try to guide voters through labyrinthine CT budget debate
November 6, 2024
CT Insider: Several shoreline races without winners as candidates await early voting and absentee ballot results
The Day: Marx reelected in 20th District state Senate race
November 1, 2024
The CT Mirror: CT launches inquiry into cuts at Prospect-owned Rockville hospital
October 29, 2024
Health Leaders Media: Prospect, Yale New Haven Deal Dispute Remains at Impasse
October 25, 2024
Yale Daily News: Connecticut Governor and Comptroller urge Prospect Medical Holdings and YNHH to close $435 million acquisition deal
CT Public: Pension problems plague an already troubled hospital deal between YNHH and Prospect Medical Holdings
October 24, 2024
CT Insider: Prospect Medical Holdings underfunding pensions
October 23, 2024
Hartford Business Journal: State: Rockville General halting surgical, psych services may violate state law
November 18, 2024
Inside Higher Ed: What Is Behind FIRE’s Attacks on AAUP?
Labor Tribune – Opinion: The voters have spoken
November 16, 2024
Apple Podcasts – Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast (audio): Kurt Andersen & Randi Weingarten
November 13, 2024
The Daily Campus – Editorial: How UConn and Connecticut can safeguard academic freedom in the coming years
November 4, 2024
Education Week – Rick Hess Straight Up Blog: What’s Really at Stake for Education in This Election?
October 30, 2024
Newsweek – Opinion: On Nov. 5, Reject Extremist Attacks on Public Education
October 29, 2024
Truthout: Academics Have a Responsibility to Speak Out Against Palestine Repression
Apple Podcasts – Union Talk (audio): The Very Real Dangers of Trump’s Project 2025
October 28, 2024
Word in Black – Op-Ed: Dear Brothers: It’s Time to Stand Up for Kamala Harris and Our Future
October 23, 2024
The Daily Campus: Union demands show need for better communication on policy changes
October 21, 2024
The Conversation – Commentary: Tim Walz’s candidacy for vice president underscores the political power of teachers
