Board Mission

. . . to promote a postsecondary system of distinctive strengths which, through overall coordination and focused investment, assures state citizens access to high quality educational opportunities, responsiveness to individual and State needs, and efficiency and effectiveness in the use of resources.

The Board of Governors for Higher Education is the statewide coordinating and planning authority for Connecticut's public and independent colleges and universities. Created in 1983 by the Governor and General Assembly, the Board of Governors is charged by statute to:

Maintain standards of quality

Assure the fullest possible use of available resources

Promote responsiveness to economic, societal and student needs

Apply higher education's resources to the problems of society

Offer learning and training opportunities keyed to the state's development

Protect academic freedom

Ensure educational opportunity

To fulfill its mission, the Board makes higher education policy, reviews public college and university missions and budgets, recommends system-wide budgets to the Governor and General Assembly, licenses and accredits academic programs and institutions (both public and independent), evaluates institutional effectiveness and coordinates programs and services between the public and independent sectors. Under the Board's leadership, the Department of Higher Education carries out Board policy, administers statewide student financial aid programs, oversees private occupational schools and conducts research and analysis on issues important to legislators and the public.

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