CUNY Presses State for Funding
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The chancellor of the City University of New York, Matthew Goldstein, is pressing state government to help pay for the hiring of new faculty members, additional student services, expenses of its new journalism school and other components of CUNY’s multiyear master plan. If lawmakers and the governor agree to cover 70% of expenses of the plan, CUNY will pay for the remainder with tuition increases, private donations, enrollment growth, and productivity savings. The state’s share would amount to $88 million by fiscal year 2007, on top of CUNY’s normal operating budget.
Mr. Goldstein is also calling for small, annual tuition increases averaging 2.5% a year beginning in the fall of 2006, with the additional money going back to CUNY, instead of the state treasury. Previous tuition increases in fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1996, and 2004 have averaged more than 31%.
“The result is that, over time, the share of our operating expenses paid for through public funding would grow, while the share covered by tuition would shrink,” Mr. Goldstein said in a speech yesterday.
