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Former Chancellor Terrence Cheng suggests that the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities adopt “north star goals,” focus on workforce development, and find new revenue.
The findings are part of a 2,000-page report released Friday after the CSCU system received it from Cheng.
NBC Connecticut used AI tools that suggest Cheng used AI to write at least 80% of the report.
Cheng’s time as chancellor came to an abrupt end in April 2025 after he admitted to misusing a state credit card and racking up thousands of dollars in purchases.
The Board of Regents agreed to retain him as a special advisor, a role that continues through the end of the month, at his full $442,000 annual salary.
Cheng’s primary role was to recommend ways the board could improve the CSCU system, which led to the report.
“The evidence across the country is unequivocal: states that treat workforce development as a coordinated system — rather than a collection of programs—achieve stronger, more equitable, and more durable outcomes,” Cheng wrote in the report. “Connecticut has many of the necessary components in place, but lacks the structural clarity, funding architecture, and legislative authority seen in leading states.”
His report includes several recommendations, including frequently suggesting that the board consolidate governance within the CSCU system.
Faculty and lawmakers have complained that the system has been cumbersome and bloated since the state combined the four regional universities and community colleges into the CSCU system 15 years ago.
Cheng also urges the board to focus on workforce development, including forming a subcommittee to look at ways to bolster programming. He also thinks any evaluation of the system’s performance should focus on the ability to help students find careers.
Other recommendations include a push to find new revenue streams.
A spokesperson for the regents said the board will consider Cheng’s recommendations as part of a broader review to improve the system.
“The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education tasked Mr. Cheng with conducting a landscape review of how public higher education systems across the country are addressing key priorities such as early college, workforce development, state funding, higher education models, and system office structure,” spokesperson Sam Norton said in a statement.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Connecticut) said he had not reviewed the report but talked with board leaders who had read it.
“A lot of very interesting ideas, certainly a lot of conversations about dual enrollment and workforce,” he said.
Rep. Vincent Candelora (R-Minority Leader) questioned why Cheng didn’t make those changes while he was in charge.
Candelora, who maintains that Cheng should have been fired last year, also pointed to no-confidence votes from faculty unions at each campus.
“I don’t think that work product is probably worth much for the university to even engage in,” Candelora said.
There are also questions about how much work Cheng put into the report.
He admits to using artificial intelligence to conduct research, including summarizing studies and reports on higher education.
NBC Connecticut used two AI tools to review his work.
ChatGPT estimated that between 80% and 95% of the report was written by AI, citing sentences that follow “AI’s favorite rhetorical patterns.”
The review also noted Cheng’s report relies on a structure common among AI-generated work.
A second review, GPT Zero, also says AI likely generated 80% or more of the content in the report.
Cheng did not respond to an email sent to his state email address seeking comment. Norton said in a statement that Cheng admitted to using AI for his research.
“In his report, Mr. Cheng is transparent about using artificial intelligence as a tool to aggregate and synthesize large volumes of data, generate individual analyses for all 50 states, and assist with copy-editing the lengthy document,” she said. “As with any tool, Mr. Cheng was responsible for validating the underlying research and content.”
When asked about NBC Connecticut’s findings, Lamont said Cheng also had his own expertise to offer.
“I think he’s got a lot of his own human insights into it,” he said after an unrelated event in Wethersfield. “I know he talked to a lot of states to get the best ideas. If he used AI, I think a lot of people do.”
Candelora, though, criticized Cheng.
“It sounds to me that Terrence Cheng has gone overboard and probably if he was in that classroom, he would be failing that class,” he said.
The CSCU system does not have a blanket policy on AI, but many of the schools address the technology in student handbooks.
They allow AI as a research tool but tell students not to use the technology to complete assignments without permission.
Southern Connecticut State University, for example, says students cannot use AI to complete their coursework.
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