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  • Geneseo students in laser lab
  • Geneseo students in laser lab

    There is a critical need for increased and new investment in the State University System.

SUNY Investment Fund

Chancellor Nancy Zimpher talks with two SUNY students during a student showcase at the Empire State Plaza.

A new SUNY Investment Fund would include a five-year performance funding plan, allowing SUNY to expand the opportunity provided by community colleges, and support evidence-based programs such as:

  • “Finish in Four” completion guarantee programs
  • Expansion of online programs through Open SUNY
  • Quantway/Statway remedial pathways, which have shown more than twice the student success rate in half the time
  • Improved coordination and advisement in high school and college
  • Increased opportunities for applied learning and internships
  • Expansion of the Educational Opportunity Program, where we have 30,000 applicants annually for only 2,500 available seats

Master Innovators Program

Another opportunity for scaling success is the Executive Budget’s reference to the Master Innovators Program, which would enable SUNY to successfully recruit and retain high-profile professors who generate the greatest research, development, and commercialization opportunities.

Currently, of the entire SUNY faculty base, there are approximately 100 research-intensive professors who, together, drive more than $500 million in sponsored research for SUNY each year. SUNY can enhance its upstate economic development by doubling sponsored research expenditures to $2 billion over the next decade and bring tens of thousands of jobs to the state.

Investment now in the SUNY Master Innovators program affirms New York’s reputation as a state that fosters innovation and translates that innovation into success.

 

 

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