Full impact of higher education budget cuts remains uncertain - Keith M. Phaneuf and Caitlin Emma, CT Mirror

The governing boards of Connecticut's higher education institutions--one of which doesn't even exist yet--will face difficult choices and some severe limitations in trying to cope with nearly $59 million in cuts this year under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's new budget-balancing plan. The administration recommended 779 layoffs to offset that loss--as well as $61.8 million cut in 2012-13--but the final decision on how to adjust operations rests with the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut and the yet-to-be-appointed Board of Regents for Higher Education that will oversee the recently-merged Connecticut State University and community-technical college systems and Charter Oak State College.