Chancellor Zimpher To Provide Testimony On “The Rising Costs of Higher Education and Student Loan Debt in New York State”
November 29, 2016
Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will deliver testimony tomorrow for the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education, Subcommittee on Tuition Assistance Program, on “The Rising Costs of Higher Education and Student Loan Debt in New York State.”
Chancellor Zimpher will be available for media immediately following her testimony, at approximately 11:00 a.m.
The hearing is OPEN PRESS and will be held as follows:
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 30
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Legislative Office Building, Roosevelt Hearing Room C
198 State Street
Albany, NY
Livestream: http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/av/live/
Testifying alongside Chancellor Zimpher from SUNY will be Eileen McLoughlin, senior vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, and Patricia Thompson, assistant vice chancellor for student financial aid services.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2023, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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