Tuition for in-state students will increase 5.66 percent in the next academic year at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n
Some students have protested, but the increase is lower than the initial 6.3 percent hike that was recommended by the university’s chief financial officer.<\/p>\n
The tuition increase was approved by the university’s board of trustees at a time when public records show that UConn professors in Storrs and at the UConn Health Center in Farmington are among the highest paid of all state employees – and receive some of the highest pensions when they retire.<\/p>\n
Former UConn president Harry Hartley is currently earning a pension of more than $185,000 per year, according to the state comptroller’s office. Like all retired state employees, his pension has been increasing in recent years under a cost-of-living adjustment. Citing his 36-year career at UConn, Hartley said previously that his pension is “well deserved.”<\/p>\n
The Hartford Courant’s Kathy Megan has the details at http:\/\/www.courant.com\/news\/education\/hc-web-uconn-tuition-0219feb19,0,6919442.story<\/a><\/p>\n