Governor Unveils $864M Plan for UConn Health Sciences

Major expansion plans for public higher education are relatively rare in these frugal times, but Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Tuesday proposed an $864 million expansion plan for the University of Connecticut Health Center, The Hartford Courant reported. The plan -- which would rely on a mix of bonds, private fund raising and other revenue sources -- would expand the enrollments of the university's medical and dental schools, add faculty slots, and create additional facilities. The governor stressed the job-creation aspects of the plan -- both the construction jobs in the short term and biomedical jobs in the long term.