Despite fiscal storm clouds ahead, Chancellor Goldstein describes the proposed 2008-09 budget as one that ensures stability. The Chancellor details the University’s efforts to enhance government funding and notes that philanthropic and private donors have contributed a record $279 million in 2007. Spring enrollment is also at a record level.
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In testimony before the New York State Legislature, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein called for “sustained and predictable investment” for public higher education in New York State.
“It is our time to set a new course,” the Chancellor testified. “This is the time to strengthen CUNY and SUNY. This is the time to develop generations of graduates who will lead New York in every sector, from the technological to the cultural.”
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Chancellor Matthew Goldstein comments on the life and the passing of Chancellor Emeritus Albert H. Bowker, the implementation of CUNY’s new emergency notification system, the CUNY Alert System, the budget recommendations of Governor Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg including a plan to hire 2,000 faculty in CUNY and SUNY beyond current hiring plans and a new $3 billion “innovation fund†that will encourage research throughout New York and boost the state’s economy.
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In his report to the Board of Trustees, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein reviews the 2008-2009 budget request, details the University’s current fiscal standing, and discuses positive outcomes of university wide efforts to retain students. The chancellor also previews the upcoming report by a special state commission on higher education, and predicts the report will contain many “forward thinking recommendations.â€
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Chancellor Matthew Goldstein reports on enrollment growth, the academic profile of the freshman class, and more than 800 new faculty faces at the colleges. Volatility in the financial marketplace creates uncertainty for future state budgets, but there is good news on the local, state and federal level including a proposed major increase in federal Pell grants .The CUNY Campaign for the Colleges is on track to raise $1.2 billion in private support by March 2008.
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In this excerpt of CUNY Honors: A Decade of Science at The City University of New York, Pt. 1, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein talks with four prominent scientific scholars, CUNY Professors Ruth Stark, Jill Bargonetti, Derek Brazill and Micho Kaku followed by a question and answer period with students from the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY.
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In this excerpt of CUNY Honors: A Decade of Science at The City University of New York, Pt. 2, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein talks with four prominent scientific scholars, CUNY Professors Daniel Akins, Myriam Sarachick, Charles Liu, and Marie T. Filbin followed by a question and answer period with students from the William E. Macaulay Honors College at CUNY.
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Chancellor Matthew Goldstein reports on the city and state executive budgets, a new initiative with New York State to provide career development for students with disabilities, a new state commission on higher education, and on the news that CUNY will raise $1.2 billion as part of its capital campaign four years ahead of schedule, affirming that “CUNY is a worthy place for investment.†With the nation stunned by the Virginia Tech shootings, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Allan Dobrin detailed the University’s emergency management plan, which includes a trained security force of over 1,000 and close cooperation with the NYPD.
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Chancellor Goldstein outlines for the Board of Trustees the 2007-2008 State Executive Budget, which calls for significant improvements in the operating and capital budgets of CUNY’s senior and community colleges. The Chancellor also presents to the Board The New York Times ESOL Teacher of the Year, Professor Ellen Quish of LaGuardia Community College; and the results of the Philosophical Gourmet Report, a ranking of graduate programs in philosophy that rates the Mathematical Logic program at The CUNY Graduate Center, second in the country.
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Crediting “value and accountability” with “drawing record numbers to the University,” Chancellor Matthew Goldstein presents the Board of Trustees with preliminary figures indicating CUNY’s highest enrollment level in 31 years. The Chancellor also reports on CUNY ASAP, Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, a new approach to community college education, with the goal of helping low income students and working poor adults earn their degrees within 3 to 4 years.
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