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BobbyBuzz008 OP t1_j8uuhc3 wrote

Reply to comment by tmp930 in Community Colleges, State Universities, and UConn by BobbyBuzz008

We used to have three separate systems. Governor Malloy tried to combine the state college colleges, the state universities, and UConn into one system back in 2011 but UConn said no (because UConn have veto powers over the Governor /s) so that is why we have two systems now: UConn and everyone else.

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pridkett t1_j8uvvor wrote

That's the way it is in most states - you have multiple tiered systems. The top tier is the "University" then the "State" system, then the community colleges. While there are a few states where the "State" system rivals the "University" or is better, like Florida and definitely Ohio, if you look at states like Minnesota, Washington, California, Texas, Colorado, etc - they all have similar tiers (this is done from memory, so I could've made mistakes here).

The general difference is that the "University" system is designed to be a research focus, while the "State" systems do more education and some research, and the community colleges are almost exclusively education.

The primary job of faculty at UConn is not teaching. That doesn't get you tenure, that gets you a professor-in-residence position.

(note - lots of generalizations here)

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