<p>“I guess you can email SUNY headquarters in Albany, NY and ask them why the state colleges at cornell are on their web site…”</p>
<p>I did, a long time ago. This was the reply:</p>
<p>[intro snipped]
“The arrangement may indeed be confusing. The four units of Cornell that you mentioned are “Statutory”
or “Contract” Colleges. The following is an excerpt from SUNY’s Master Plan:
“Statutory/Contract Colleges - The five partnership colleges, also known as statutory or contract colleges, round out the doctoral sector. These colleges are not directly operated by the State University, but are operated by their host institutions, subject to the general supervision and coordination of State University Trustees [Education Law §355(1)(a)], who also approve the appointment of the head of each college by the governing board of its respective private institution [Education Law §355(1) (e)].
Included in this category are four colleges affiliated with Cornell University, the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations; and a fifth institution, the New York State College of Ceramics, is affiliated with Alfred University (see Education Law, Article 123). Each partnership college enjoys the benefits of being part of the State University of New York while being connected to, and located at, a private university. These colleges are exemplars of productive public-private partnerships.”
These five campuses are part of SUNY and it is appropriate for us to list them as such on our website, in our application viewbook, etc. If you search for “SUNY” on the Cornell website, you will find several references to SUNY and the State University of New York.”
[closing snipped].</p>
<p>In essence,my take on this is the arrangement is per my prior link. SUNY has the right to rubber stamp selection of the college deans, and writes them checks, and that is the extent of their oversight or involvement.They take from this the right to claim these colleges on their website, and who will argue with someone writing you big checks. But unlike the schools they actually run, they have little else to do with the contract colleges, actually, it would seem.</p>