Lawmakers question college consolidation plan

HARTFORD — Lawmakers have some of the same questions and concerns as faculty and students about a plan to merge the state’s 12 community colleges into one. “Can they even be called community colleges?” Sen. Mae Flexer, D- Killingly, vice chairman of the Higher Education Committee of the state legislature, asked of the plan during an afternoon long forum held at the state capital. “It’s a little bit of an oxymoron,” added State. Rep. Terrie Wood, R-Norwalk, questioning whether the consolidation will ultimately be beneficial to the state. “When you go to this big top down structure, you lose that autonomy, you lose that grass roots investment, you lose that individual voice,” Wood said.

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