11/08/2011    Enrollment at Connecticut Colleges Hits New Record for 10th Year

Fall 2011 Preliminary Enrollment Table

Climbing enrollments at Connecticut's independent colleges and universities helped push the state's overall count of students to another record high for the 10th consecutive year, according to preliminary fall 2011 tallies announced by the Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education.

 

10/20/2011    250 Connecticut Residents to Work in Community Service

The Connecticut Commission on Community Service welcomes 250 new AmeriCorps members at the Trumbull Marriott.  Following their swearing-in, the new members will begin a year of intensive community service for which they are eligible to receive an education award of up to $5,550 that they or their family members may use, as well as benefits including health insurance and child day-care.

 

08/10/2011    More than 90 Career-Changing Professionals to Enter Teaching - ARC Graduates in High Demand by Schools

The State of Connecticut’s Alternate Route to Certification (ARC) summer program will graduate 93 new teachers at 1:00 pm. today (Wednesday, August 10) at Conard High School’s Auditorium in West Hartford. ARC, which prepares career-changing adults to become teachers, is the sixth largest of the state’s 21 teacher preparation programs. Hiring rates show that ARC graduates are in high demand. “This is a program that is truly beneficial to our students, giving them access to educators who will bring tremendous real- life experience into their classroom,” said Governor Dannel P. Malloy.