State senate passes UB2020

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Details of the plan proposed at the UB summit going on right now.

 

LINK

 

Among other things, UB is asking for a 8% tuition increase and the ability to keep the increase to implement the core of their UB2020 efforts that is to move the Medical School downtown.

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If anyone is interested you can watch the summit here

 

I'm working and have this on in the background. If anything interesting comes up I'll try to post it. Right now the UB delegation is speaking making their case and giving a summary of the UB2020 plan.

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I find it interesting that Schumer jumps in via conference call. UB working hard getting him on board, kudos to them.

 

Shcumer calls the four SUNY Centers (UB, BU, SBU and UA) the crown jewels of the SUNY system. Schumer singles out our NANO Tech and UA and bring up the new Cell Reasearch grant. Continues talking about the population growth, income growth and attributes it to the success of UA and NANO. Nice bone our way.

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Schumer goes to bat for the rational tuition + plan advanced by UB and SUNY. Schumer again points out that what UA is doing CAN be replicated in other places like UB, BU and SBU. It appears our NANO initiative has been a huge slam dunk to the point where people point to it and say, see it can work in other places.

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Skelos up next...can't wait to hear Glick or Silver...gonna be a riot!

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Silver up...jeezzz Silver is such a bore, no inflection in his voice just drones on.

 

Silver goes right for variable tuition. Repeats the same old same old that it needs to remain accessible. Completely ignores the UB/SUNY plan to not raise tuition on families under 40K.

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And so it ends...Silver is really a joke. Unreal, completely ignores what was said and just drones on about access for the poor. Never mind that tuition would NOT go up for any family making under 40K.

 

How is this man still in public office?

[UAalum72]

5 percent SUNY tuition hike on horizon - today's T-U story includes Stony Brook's NYSUNY2020 plan for a cancer research center.

 

"the governor's office said UAlbany has been invited to make a presentation, although no date has been set.

 

UAlbany officials want to renovate its Alumni Quad/Midtown area to the east of the main campus to create a biomedical and information center."

[danefan]

If done right, UA's plan could be a real economic boost to the city of Albany. It could in one fell swoop clean up the student ghetto and the associated problems.

 

Two words:

 

Emminent Domain

 

 

[Dane96]

Yup...and for the most part, the businesses would support that move.

[danefan]

There is a perfect location flanked by Western and Washington and running East from Albany High (Patridge) to the Downtown Campus (S Lake).

 

It would incorporate Alumni Quad and the Downtown Campus and get rid of a lot of crap.

[MRSGDG]

SUNY 2020 on the floor of the Senate right now ..... http://www.nysenate.gov/live

 

If you want to read SUNY 2020 you can read it here: http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S5855-2011

[danefan]

Interesting bill.

 

Allows for differential tuition without saying it's differential. Haha