By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s four regional state universities and its 12 community colleges are looking enviously at Massachusetts, which, after spending a lot more money, seems to be reversing the decline in enrollment at its own public institutions of higher education following nine down years. One technique used by Massachusetts has been to make attendanceContinue reading “Connecticut’s higher education won’t recover until it gives more value”
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By rewarding racism bunk, Connecticut will get more of it
By CHRIS POWELL Last year former state Public Health Commissioner Renee D. Coleman-Mitchell, who is Black, induced the Lamont administration to pay her $200,000 to settle her lawsuit charging that her firing by the governor three years earlier was racist. Now former Chief Public Defender TaShun Bowden-Lewis, who is also Black, is suing for damagesContinue reading “By rewarding racism bunk, Connecticut will get more of it”
Firing restores accountability; and governor boosts ‘ranked choice’
By Chris Powell By firing TaShun Bowden-Lewis, the state’s chief public defender and the first Black one, Connecticut’s formerly obscure Public Defender Services Commission has struck a belated blow for the public’s sovereignty over its own institutions. But it almost didn’t happen. Last year the commission was upset by Bowden-Lewis’ insubordination, whereupon she accused theContinue reading “Firing restores accountability; and governor boosts ‘ranked choice’”
Was Lamont too cheery? And another racial mess
By Chris Powell Governor Lamont’s welcoming address to the new session of the General Assembly last week celebrated a state he sees improving in all respects. But even those who acknowledge that the governor is a decent guy may have begun noticing how much his remarks contrasted with recent news reports and the clamor atContinue reading “Was Lamont too cheery? And another racial mess”
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