Deciding on a College in New York?

lostaccount
Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:52:42 +0000

"Between 2008 and 2019, the number of high school graduates (public and private) in New York State is likely to decrease by 16.5% due to actual declines observed now by grade level in the State’s schools. "

You are correct (and I know) that the number of NY high school graduates is declining. But SUNY is trying to expand-radically increase the numbers of students it enrolls. One should ask why. The decline in the number of 18 years olds in NY is not new news. It is in the face of that knowledge that certain campuses are pushing to radically increase their numbers. So yes, I am aware of the declining numbers but that is only half the story. Remember that NYSED of SUNY have radically different agendas. SUNY growth is all about the money the Internationals may bring to local campuses.

“From a “20 by 2020” enrollment initiative to a new venue for the State of the University address, growth served as the theme of President Harvey Stenger’s annual talk.
“A public university has to meet the demands of the population and has to help society,” Stenger said during the Jan. 31 address. “We’ve proven to ourselves over the past two years that we can get bigger and better at the same time.””

"That comes as SUNY this year set a goal to increase the number of degrees awarded from 93,000 to 150,000 annually by 2020. "

Naturally if SUNY were simply responding to declining numbers of NY high school graduates they would not be trying to radically increase their enrollments. But that is exactly what is happening. And this too is fact. Just google it and read about it.

Stenger has it half correct.