CT HB07053

Office of Higher Education shall publish links to transfer and articulation programs between Connecticut state colleges, universities, and UConn on its website, with each institution required to link to this information and provide institutional profile data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities must provide accepted students information about existing transfer and articulation programs between regional community-technical colleges and four-year public institutions, with annual reporting requirements on transfer student enrollment, credits accepted, and graduation rates beginning January 1, 2018.

Planning Commission for Higher Education membership restructured to include presidents and provosts of Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and UConn, teaching faculty representatives from public and private institutions, and representatives from major employers in manufacturing, financial services, information technology, health care, and small business sectors.

Commission shall develop and implement a higher education strategic master plan examining demographic and workforce trends, establishing numerical goals for degree completion by 2020 and 2025, and recommending changes to funding policies and accountability measures aligned with state economic growth objectives.

Commission shall establish two standing subcommittees—one focused on data, metrics and accountability with Labor Department collaboration on employment outcomes, and one analyzing the strategic master plan—and may create working groups to support implementation of plan objectives.