Jonathan L. Wharton
Op-Ed contributors at CT News Junkie
Columnist at Hearst Connecticut Media Group
@SCSUPoliSci professor, @insider_ct columnist. https://t.co/0AiQZIxpZR, https://t.co/Y7ncE299Aq
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3 days ago |
sheltonherald.com | Jonathan L. Wharton
Since it’s become an annual ritual for me to focus on Connecticut’s higher education, I admit that I waited until May because the General Assembly offered their budget only a couple of weeks ago, which challenges the budget caps or fiscal guardrails particularly for financing education. As many know, our governors offer their budget at the beginning of the legislative session and lawmakers counter with their own this time of year.
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3 days ago |
nhregister.com | Jonathan L. Wharton
Since it’s become an annual ritual for me to focus on Connecticut’s higher education, I admit that I waited until May because the General Assembly offered their budget only a couple of weeks ago, which challenges the budget caps or fiscal guardrails particularly for financing education. As many know, our governors offer their budget at the beginning of the legislative session and lawmakers counter with their own this time of year.
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3 days ago |
ncadvertiser.com | Jonathan L. Wharton
Terrence Cheng, Chancellor Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU), speaks during a joint forum of the higher education and government oversight committees at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
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3 days ago |
ctinsider.com | Jonathan L. Wharton
Since it's become an annual ritual for me to focus on Connecticut's higher education, I admit that I waited until May because the General Assembly offered their budget only a couple of weeks ago, which challenges the budget caps or fiscal guardrails particularly for financing education. As many know, our governors offer their budget at the beginning of the legislative session and lawmakers counter with their own this time of year.
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2 weeks ago |
ctinsider.com | Jonathan L. Wharton
Many students and friends often chide me for being a political institutionalist as I believe in processes and systems, especially as wayward as Congress and political parties have become this century. The notion of disrupting the status quo or being "insurgents" (as political scientists label such candidates) is hardly an approach I support, especially as a former congressional staffer and ex-party leader.
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