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The union representing faculty in the Connecticut State University System brought an inflatable skunk to the campus of Southern Connecticut State to protest a contract proposal by the board of regents that includes an increase in teaching loads. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report
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An English professor at Southern Connecticut State University, Cynthia Stretch is used to meeting after hours with her students, many of whom work full time while in college.