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Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2007SUNY Approves 2008–2009 Budget Request, Calls for 1,000 More Full-Time Faculty
The State University of New York Board of Trustees approved a 2008–2009 Budget Request on November 27 that is driven by a new funding proposal: the SUNY Compact, which seeks an additional 1,000 full-time faculty over three years.
Under the proposal, tuition at the state-operated campuses would be the same for all in-state undergraduates. This year, for the first time in five years, tuition would increase five percent, or $110 per student, per semester. In-state undergraduate tuition is proposed at $4,570 per year, and out-of-state undergraduate tuition at $11,140.
New York’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) would cover 100 percent of the tuition increase for eligible students.
State support for the state-operated campuses would increase 8.5 percent; and SUNY would provide $27 million of support through innovation, efficiency, and philanthropy to support its budget request.
Read the complete news release from the SUNY Office of Public Relations, and view the Board of Trustees 2008–2009 Operating and Capital Budget Presentation online.
