Senate hearing on SUNY confirmations is back on
The Senate will hold a public hearing Oct. 17 on two of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s nominees for State University of New York trustees. They are Carl Hayden, an Elmira lawyer and former chancellor for the...
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Now that Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plan to give drivers’ licenses to illegal immigrants is dead, opponents of the plan want some loose ends tied up—namely they want the governor to recall about 23,000...
View ArticleLabor leader moving on
William Scheuerman is leaving his job as head of United University Professions, which represents 33,000 academic and professional faculty at the State University of New York. He is headed to Maryland,...
View ArticleSUNY chancellor search committee launched
Earlier today, State University of New York Board Chairman Carl Hayden of Elmira announced the members of the search committee for a new chancellor. Seventeen people have been appointed to the...
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The State University of New York is proposing a 2008-09 budget that would raise tuition 5 percent and begin a three-year process to hire 1,000 new professors. Gov. Eliot Spitzer told Democratic...
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The State University of New York is asking for a $9 billion state investment in its infrastructure in the next five years, its largest and most ambitious capital plan yet. Some lawmakers want the...
View ArticleTeachers union installs new leader
United University Professions executive board has appointed Frederick Floss, an economics and finance professor on leave from Buffalo State College, as acting president of the 33,000-member union...
View ArticleNYPIRG says no thanks to proposed tuition hike
The New York Public Interest Research Group, a student-directed organization, is against the 5 percent tuition hike proposed by the State University of New York trustees this week, said Rebecca J....
View ArticleSpitzer ducks more questions on Troopergate
Gov. Eliot Spitzer appeared at his first press conference at the Capitol today since July, and ended up leaving the room with reporters shouting questions at him.  The topic, of course, was...
View ArticleSUNY trustee nominee appointed today
Linda Sanford of Chappaqua, Westchester County, received approval from the Senate today to serve as a State University of New York trustee. She is the third of three nominations Gov. Eliot Spitzer...
View ArticleSUNY wants bigger state check
The State University of New York’s interim chancellor told lawmakers today that he likes Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s plan to privatize part of the State Lottery to generate a $4 billion...
View ArticleLawmakers want to crack down on textbook costs
$754 at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Suffolk County, $450 at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and $318 at SUNY New Paltz in Ulster County. Those are some of...
View ArticleTwo women writers receive state’s highest literary honors
  Monday was a reunion of sorts for Mary Gordon and Jean Valentine. Gordon, who was awarded the position of state author for two years, was a student in the Barnard College poetry-writing...
View ArticleGov. rallies education troops on endowment plan
  Gov. Eliot Spitzer led what was essentially a cheerleading session to get leaders of the State University of New York, City University of New York and other schools revved up about his plan to...
View ArticleState “pessimistic” about finances
  Most states are concerned about the poor economy and sluggish revenues, but New York is one of only four states that reported a “pessimistic” view about its financial condition, according to a...
View ArticleUNION PREZ RIPS PLANNED SUNY CUTS (Updated)
The state’s -plan to freeze almost $110 million the State University collects from students and public-hospital patients “will dismantle the university,’’ Phillip Smith, head of the system’s largest...
View ArticleSUNY wants to appoint new chancellor this summer
  The State University of New York is making progress on finding a new chancellor for the 64-campus system and is on track to make an appointment during summer, Board of Trustees Chairman Carl...
View ArticleWaiting for budget proposals
  Gov. David Paterson’s Division of Budget was waiting today for budget-cutting proposals from the dozens of state agencies that have to reduce their spending plans by 3.35 percent this year. The...
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Resign? Gov. tells SUNY trustee no way
  Despite a resignation letter to the contrary, former New York Comptroller H. Carl McCall remains on the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees. He is scheduled to lead a meeting of...
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  Teens who live in states where marijuana is legal for medical use have not seen a spike in usage of the drug by young people, despite fears that would occur, a newly updated analsyis released...
View ArticleUnion: cuts may force SUNY to turn away students
  United University Professions, a union of 35,000 professional and academic faculty, says Gov. David Paterson’s call for more state-budget cuts will take another $96 million away from the State...
View ArticleTeachers union: cuts would have “devastating toll”
  New York State United Teachers is trying to push back against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed cuts to the State University of New York and the City University of New York, saying they would take a...
View ArticleSUNY developing budget-cutting plan
The State University of New York has to cut the second-largest amount of money, behind the Department of Correctional Services, to comply with Gov. David Paterson’s orders to reduce current budget...
View ArticleNew law requires more training on autism
  A new state law requires all special-education teachers and administrators to be trained in the needs of children with autism, the fastest-growing developmental disability in the country. Gov....
View ArticleState enters $613 million in new contracts
The state entered into 2,421 new contracts totaling about $613 million last month, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Details are posted on the agency’s Open Book New York Web site. Â...
View ArticleMore details on SUNY budget cuts Sept. 29
  At a meeting scheduled for Sept. 29, the State University of New York’s Finance and Administration Committee expects to receive reports on how its campuses will implement $40 million in...
View ArticleSome voters have reported problems at polls
  The League of Women Voters has been receiving scattered reports from around the state about polling problems, according to Aimee Allaud, election specialist for the group. A number of calls came...
View ArticleSUNY students “Rocked the Vote”
More than 16,000 State University of New York students registered to vote in last week’s elections, according to United University Professions, a union of academic and professional faculty at SUNY....
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Clark plans exit as interim chancellor
After 18 months of serving in a post that was supposed to last six or eight months, State University of New York Interim Vice Chancellor John Clark announced today that he is resigning Dec. 31....
View ArticleNo chancellor, but an officer in charge for SUNY
The State University of New York doesn’t have a new chancellor yet, but the 64-campus system now has an officer in charge. SUNY’s Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee voted unanimously today to...
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