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Office of Higher Education backs bills to let Norwalk Conservatory and International Institute of Astronautical Sciences confer degrees
Summary
The Office of Higher Education told the committee it has evaluated and recommends legislative approval for two private institutions—the Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts and the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences—to be authorized to confer degrees in Connecticut; proponents described program focus, enrollment and facilities.
Sean Severson, division director at the Connecticut Office of Higher Education (OHE), told the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee that OHE has reviewed two institutions and recommends that the General Assembly authorize them to confer degrees: SB 14‑12 for the Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts and SB 14‑24 for the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS).
Severson described the statutory authorization process (he referenced Connecticut General Statutes 10 A‑34C), the OHE application and review steps—application, circulation to existing institutions for comment, evaluators’ site visits and an evaluation panel—and said neither…
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