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Governor Malloy’s New Reality
UConn needs your help next Wednesday.
Governor Malloy this week embraced what he called a new reality: living within our means, demanding accountability and achievement, and delivering value for the investment of State funding. He also promoted the management model already in practice at UConn for over twenty years, which has made UConn responsible for managing its administrative and financial affairs and accountable for assuring results. Over the past 20 years, UConn stands alone in its public achievements.
Now the Governor’s budget proposal for UConn threatens the University’s continued progress and status by proposing more than $31 million in cuts next year to the University, including UConn Health. If approved by the General Assembly, it would represent $139 million in reduced state support over a seven-year period.
The entire UConn community stands together to support and defend UConn’s extraordinary achievements of the past twenty years. Investments of public and private funds have transformed UConn from a good regional university to one of national prominence. Today, UConn successfully competes for the highest achieving students – many of whom would otherwise have left our state to attend colleges and begin their careers elsewhere. We kept our promise to stop the “brain drain” of a prior generation, dramatically increasing the quality, diversity and numbers of outstanding students choosing to enroll at UConn. Not only are Connecticut students and their families benefiting, but our state is rewarded with the educated workforce that is our greatest asset.
On Wednesday, February 10, state legislators will hear from university officials, and later that day from students, employees, and alumni – concerned about responsible funding for UConn. (Learn more.) This will be the first opportunity for the UConn community to support and defend the University’s success in promoting a vibrant economy and expanding a talented workforce. UConn is properly held accountable, and so are we: alumni, citizens, and legislators alike.
More importantly for UConn alumni, who reside in every town in the state, we ask that you watch for local “town hall meetings” being scheduled soon by the Governor. These meetings are intended to get citizen input about the Governor’s budget, and area legislators will be in attendance. These meetings will provide our alumni with the opportunity to reach out to the Governor and state senators and representatives and speak-up for UConn. Your participation can have a significant impact on the deliberations that will occur at the State Capitol.
Proposals for drastic, across-the-board reductions in state funding for UConn would undermine all the progress we have made, and nullify the promises made to our current and future students, and to employers throughout Connecticut. Please send us your thoughts and concerns to pass along to lawmakers. If you can, please come to the State Capitol on Wednesday evening in support of UConn.
Well-intentioned plans to balance the State budget demand that sound judgments be made, and that investments in UConn and public higher education be defended as the most successful contributions to economic recovery, opportunity, and prosperity.
We welcome your feedback.
Pat Sheehan, Chairman
UConn Advocates
uconnadvocates@gmail.com
To learn more information about UConn Advocates, visit UConnAdvocates.org.
Governor Malloy’s New Reality
UConn needs your help next Wednesday.
Governor Malloy this week embraced what he called a new reality: living within our means, demanding accountability and achievement, and delivering value for the investment of State funding. He also promoted the management model already in practice at UConn for over twenty years, which has made UConn responsible for managing its administrative and financial affairs and accountable for assuring results. Over the past 20 years, UConn stands alone in its public achievements.
Now the Governor’s budget proposal for UConn threatens the University’s continued progress and status by proposing more than $31 million in cuts next year to the University, including UConn Health. If approved by the General Assembly, it would represent $139 million in reduced state support over a seven-year period.
The entire UConn community stands together to support and defend UConn’s extraordinary achievements of the past twenty years. Investments of public and private funds have transformed UConn from a good regional university to one of national prominence. Today, UConn successfully competes for the highest achieving students – many of whom would otherwise have left our state to attend colleges and begin their careers elsewhere. We kept our promise to stop the “brain drain” of a prior generation, dramatically increasing the quality, diversity and numbers of outstanding students choosing to enroll at UConn. Not only are Connecticut students and their families benefiting, but our state is rewarded with the educated workforce that is our greatest asset.
On Wednesday, February 10, state legislators will hear from university officials, and later that day from students, employees, and alumni – concerned about responsible funding for UConn. (Learn more.) This will be the first opportunity for the UConn community to support and defend the University’s success in promoting a vibrant economy and expanding a talented workforce. UConn is properly held accountable, and so are we: alumni, citizens, and legislators alike.
More importantly for UConn alumni, who reside in every town in the state, we ask that you watch for local “town hall meetings” being scheduled soon by the Governor. These meetings are intended to get citizen input about the Governor’s budget, and area legislators will be in attendance. These meetings will provide our alumni with the opportunity to reach out to the Governor and state senators and representatives and speak-up for UConn. Your participation can have a significant impact on the deliberations that will occur at the State Capitol.
Proposals for drastic, across-the-board reductions in state funding for UConn would undermine all the progress we have made, and nullify the promises made to our current and future students, and to employers throughout Connecticut. Please send us your thoughts and concerns to pass along to lawmakers. If you can, please come to the State Capitol on Wednesday evening in support of UConn.
Well-intentioned plans to balance the State budget demand that sound judgments be made, and that investments in UConn and public higher education be defended as the most successful contributions to economic recovery, opportunity, and prosperity.
We welcome your feedback.
Pat Sheehan, Chairman
UConn Advocates
uconnadvocates@gmail.com
To learn more information about UConn Advocates, visit UConnAdvocates.org.