Editorial: Connecticut must stand behind UConn rather than cutting its budget - David Csordas, Daily Campus

UConn has had a week of mixed news. After achieving the rank of 18th top public university by U.S. News & World, it has come to realization that UConn will most likely not be able to maintain its academic success in the coming years. For anyone who received President Susan Herbst’s email this past Saturday, September 16, the reality of an unprecedented budget cut passed by state legislature, House and Senate, is sobering. The Republican-lead, Democrat-approved, budget plans to gut funding for the Connecticut State College and University system including community colleges and regional universities. The biggest cuts, however, come to the state’s flagship university, UConn, with an astounding $309 million over the next two years. http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/9/18/editorial-connecticut-must-stand-behind-uconn-rather-than-cutting-its-budget