Update on Plans for University of Bridgeport Campus

 

Sean Teehan and Hartford Business Journal report August 24, 2020 on, "Unique college co-location deal in CT could serve as national model." 

Teehan provides updated information on a memorandum of understanding signed in June by the University of Bridgeport, Goodwin University of East Hartford, Hamden-based Paier College of Art, and Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. The three institutions agreed to co-locate programs on the campus of the University of Bridgeport and purchase all of the school’s property and programs.

You can also read more in Emma Whitford's post for Inside Higher Ed from July 2, 2020, "3 Colleges to Acquire U of Bridgeport."

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