DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION



OFFICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Purpose XE "Higher Education, Department of" To advance the promise of postsecondary education for all state residents, and to advocate on behalf of students, taxpayers, and the postsecondary schools and colleges which fall under its purview by: Safeguarding the highest standards of academic quality through regulations; Ensuring that students have access to superior educational opportunities at Connecticut’s postsecondary institutions by administering the state’s student financial aid programs; Serving as an information and consumer protection resource;Administering the Governor’s Scholarship Program; Licensing and accrediting Connecticut’s independent colleges and universities (programmatic and institutional; non-profit and for-profit);Licensing in-state academic programs offered by out-of-state institutions;Regulating more than 150 private career schools;Operating the Alternate Route to Certification program for college educated professionals interested in becoming teachers; Administering federal responsibilities including the Minority Advancement Program, the Commission on Community Service, which administers the AmeriCorps program, Veterans Program Approval, and the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant Program. ................
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