Education issues to study in 2016

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The Hartford Business Journal's 2015-2016 Book of Lists provides perspective on the education issues affecting Greater Hartford’s business community in the coming year. Topping the concerns are developing a sustainable supply of trained workers.

Also of interest will be the increasing diversity of college campuses and what that does to the academic climate. There’s also a role that colleges will play in reducing the inequality gap, the head of one of the state’s most prestigious colleges predicts.

Balancing budgets amid state budget cuts: By Mark Ojakian, President of the Board of Regents of the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) system
Diversity and campus climate key issues to watch: By Susan Herbst, President of the University of Connecticut
Developing Hartford's future workforce: By Beth Schiavino-Narvaez, Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools
Controlling higher-education costs: By Walter Harrison, President of the University of Hartford
Higher-ed's role in narrowing the inequality gap: By Michael S. Roth, President of Wesleyan University