Dive Brief:

• A plan designed to unify Connecticut’s public colleges and universities is facing stiff resistance from faculty members who say it will hurt the quality of academics.
• The plan comes from the Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education, presented by board president Gregory Gray, and is aimed at cutting costs, boosting enrollment, and aligning courses with business interests.
• Besides their objections to the plan, faculty members also complain that they’ve been excluded from the planning process and say they are so upset they are considering a coordinated revolt, Inside Higher Ed reports.

Dive Insight:

The plan would attempt to create an interdependent system of state schools — the four four-year universities, an online college, and 12 community colleges. Among the plan’s objectives would be an increase in the use of online courses, centralized planning for academics and buildings, and additional high-tech classrooms for each school. The provost of the Connecticut system, Michael Gargano, resigned abruptly earlier this month, and some faculty members interpreted the move as being related to frustrations about the plan that lined up with their own objections.