Dive Brief:
- The professors in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system have reached a truce, for now, with the system’s president.
- The two sides met Friday and agreed on some points, including that faculty would retain control over determining curriculum and what courses would be offered online, the Connecticut Mirror reported.
- Faculty members have been concerned that changes considered by the president, Gregory Gray, focused too much on saving money through combining programs regionally and pushing classes online.
Dive Insight:
The faculty was considering some form of organized revolt against Gray’s 36 “roadmaps,” or proposals to change the universities and colleges in the Connecticut system, as part of his Transform CSCU 2020 plan. Gray’s proposals for the system included aggressive marketing to international students and veterans, consolidate academic and facilities planning, cutting costs, investing in high-tech classrooms for every campus, and limiting tuition hikes. At Friday’s meeting, the faculty leaders were given until Christmas to come up with a proposal about ways to improve the system. Gray pledged to include the faculty more in planning efforts.