The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system has faced significant challenges in recent years. These challenges have tested our institutions, exposed areas where we need to do better, and at times, taken our focus away from what matters most: serving our students.

We need to be honest about where we have fallen short and clear about what we are doing to address those challenges.

We launched CSCU in Focus: The Accountability and Reforms Dashboard to provide the public with a transparent view of that work. The dashboard tracks our progress related to key reforms: strengthening policies and procedures, improving training and compliance, strengthening the vetting of institutional and senior system leaders, and clarifying governance and decision-making responsibilities.

These reforms are not separate from our mission. They are how we fulfill it.

Accountability means taking action, measuring progress, and being transparent about the work that remains.

CSCU has an obligation to get this right for our students, for our faculty and staff, for our administrators, for our alumni, for our employers, and for the communities we serve.

Sincerely,

Natalie Braswell,
CSCU Interim Chancellor

Ari Santiago,
Interim Board of Regents Chair