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Our Past : Our Progress : Our Promise


The Future of NYS Higher Education Takes Shape

1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1969

1960
  • The Heald Committee established by Governor Nelson Rockefeller sets the foundation for the State University's major expansion.

  • Stony Brook is designated a SUNY University Center.

  • Adirondack Community College joins SUNY System.

1961
  • Ulster County Community College, Jefferson Community College and Onondaga Community College are chartered as part of SUNY system.
1962
  • Albany is designated a SUNY University Center.

  • SUNY Buffalo becomes a public university and University Center upon merging with SUNY system.

  • Sullivan County Community College is chartered as part of SUNY system.

  • Niagara County Community College founded.

  • A major new capital construction bonding program supported out of tuition is established to raise funds for new academic facilities.

  • State University Construction Fund established.

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1963
  • Based on Heald Committee recommendation, the Trustees change tuition policy by establishing standardized tuition charge for all state-operated campuses. Undergraduate tuition set at $400 per year.

  • Fulton Montgomery Community College chartered.
1964
  • Start of six-year run in largest percentage increases in SUNY budget history.

  • Changes are initiated that shape the modern SUNY:

    • Visible SUNY Chancellor position replaces presidency

    • Campuses start to recruit the best faculty from around the country under new state law

    • Medical schools, teaching hospitals and the four-year university centers start their rapid growth

    • Teacher-training institutions and colleges of education complete their conversion into colleges of arts and science

    • The agricultural and technical institutes become colleges

    • Community colleges expand
1965
  • College at Old Westbury becomes the youngest four-year arts and science college in the SUNY system.

  • Binghamton is designated a SUNY University Center.

  • Finger Lakes Community College is chartered as part of SUNY system.

  • New York Network (SUNY-TV) established.

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1966
  • New York State purchases the site of Purchase College for $3.9 billion, which was founded in the 1960s by Governor Rockefeller.

  • SUNY approves Tompkins Cortland Community College.

  • Clinton Community College chartered.

  • Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) established.
1967
  • Schenectady County Community College established as SUNY campus.

  • Genesee Community College opens.
1969
  • Columbia-Greene Community College chartered as part of SUNY system.

  • Clinton Community College joins SUNY system.

The State University of New York Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Affairs, philanthropy@suny.edu primary focus is to sustain the $3 Billion Challenge by providing support and services to the 64 campuses planning to conduct capital campaigns.

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