College Leaders Call On State Legislature To Invest In SUNY

Leaders from State University of New York campuses throughout the region were at SUNY Poly today, calling on the state legislature to Invest in SUNY.

They want lawmakers to create a new investment fund and to extend NYSUNY 2020 --  including the rational tuition policy -- in the new state budget.

John Nader, Provost at SUNY Delhi, says a predictable tuition policy allows students and their families to plan for the cost of a college education.

SUNY 2020 is a competitive grant program that allows for capital investment.

Mohawk Valley Community College President Randall Van Wagoner says MVCC used that grant money two years ago to build a state-of-the art Fab Lab for prototyping and manufacturing.

SUNY's 64 campuses educate nearly 460,000 students and generate nearly $21 billion a year for New York State.