Chancellor Zimpher To Discuss College Costs at National Summit
October 17, 2012
New York City – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher tomorrow morning will join national leaders in higher education, government, philanthropy, and business at the TIME Summit of Higher Education at the Time Warner Center in New York City.
The summit, billed as a national discussion on the current state of higher education and the critical challenges that lie ahead, is hosted by TIME, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Time Warner, Inc., and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Chancellor Zimpher will serve on the panel entitled, “The Real Cost of College: The Economics of Higher Education.” This is a unique opportunity for SUNY to showcase its role as a national leader in addressing college costs. In September, Chancellor Zimpher launched the SUNY Smart TrackSM campaign which, in addition to establishing SUNY as the first in the nation to adopt the Federal Financial Aid Shopping Sheet, also expands SUNY’s Student Loan Service Center, lays the groundwork for early engagement, enhances the net price calculator, and calls for the development of a one-stop online hub for financial aid resources.
Also serving on the panel are: Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University, Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University; André Dua, director of McKinsey & Company; Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr., chairman of James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy and former governor of North Carolina; Honorable Thomas H. Kean, former governor of New Jersey; and Harold T. Shapiro, professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University.
A complete agenda for the Summit is available online.
Chancellor Zimpher is available for interviews on the topic of college cost from both a national and New York State perspective.
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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