Alas, CCSU looks to be going in a different direction. Eliminating tenured faculty by the barrelful and replacing them with adjuncts.
Oh, and CCSU was originally a teachers college more than a liberal arts school. But I always thought it made sense to develop it as the UMass-Lowell of Connecticut or the NC State of Connecticut or Make it the main campus of the Connecticut State University. Southern and Western could be CSU-New Haven and CSU-Danbury, while Eastern should be absorbed into UConn.
Yes, I agree, but all this costs money and takes leadership and commitment - the State has provided none of that.
CCSU simply can't afford to pay professors, or invest in athletics, or do almost anything - we get almost no $$$$ from the State, period.
The Board of Regents is a Dan Malloy created higher-ed disaster that spared UConn any worries. Unions are killing the Connecticut State University System and the Community Colleges. BOR administrative costs are bloated and state pensions are an anchor.
Everyone here thinks $11 million to pay off KO, if just spare change - that kind of money outside of UConn is impossible to get for academic programs at Central, forget athletics
Yes, I know CCSU was a teachers college. And sure, I would love it if we were more like UMass-Lowell too, but who's helping make that happen - no one in Storrs or Hartford is helping that's for sure.
Sorry for the rant, but recent news that UConn is still running a $45M+ athletics deficit, now owes KO, $11 M, and the NCAA and P5 schools basically want to kill off athletic programs at schools like Central is just pretty depressing to read.