Despite a vigorous protest by about 200 students, the Board of Regents for Higher Education Thursday approved a proposed tuition increase of slightly more than 5 percent for state university and community college students.

Only the two student trustees on the board, Michael Fraser and Eugene Bell, voted against the increase. Regents [...]

The good news? Public higher education in Connecticut is cheaper than in other New England states. Of course that’s why it’s going up…

A report out today from the New England Board of Higher Education finds:

Average in-state tuition and mandatory fees at New England public four-year institutions rose 37% ($2,660) [...]

A New York Times story Sunday examines a disturbing study that came out in December that suggests that high achieving low income students don’t even bother with the best schools. From an abstract about the study:

We show that the vast majority of very high-achieving students who are low-income do not apply [...]

Just in from the agency that oversees the state’s state universities and community colleges:

HARTFORD, CT) The Search Committee of the Board of Regents for Higher Education today announced three finalists for the position of president after a nationwide, months-long search. The finalists announced today are Dr. Jack R.Warner, CEO, South Dakota Board of Regents; Dr. Gregory [...]

At private schools, where the money is, students are moving online. This is from a new report by Moody’s Investor Services: