SUNY Board of Trustees Supports 2012 Plan Outlined by Chancellor Zimpher's State of the University Address
January 25, 2012
New York City – The State University of New York Board of Trustees today passed a resolution in support of the system’s goals for 2012, as outlined by Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher in her Jan. 9 State of the University Address.
SUNY Board Chairman H. Carl McCall said, “Chancellor Zimpher is determined to make SUNY a world-class education institution for our students and to ensure that it continues to be productive, accessible, and above all, affordable. The agenda she has laid out for the coming year is ambitious and worthwhile, and we are happy to put the unanimous support of the Board of Trustees behind it.
“As SUNY carries out the Chancellor’s plans for 2012, we are certain to continue our ascent as both a truly great university and a major contributor for economic revitalization in New York State.”
Chancellor Zimpher outlined a plan for 2012 that expands upon programs and initiatives already at work within the system while focusing its efforts on breaking down the walls of the “iron triangle” of higher education—cost, productivity, and access & completion.
A full transcript of Chancellor Zimpher’s State of the University is available online.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, 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 2022, 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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