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<p>your concern for your neighbors’ children might come across as more sincere if you actually seemed concerned about the quality of education offered by the sunys. however, you have repeatedly dismissed attempts to point out that continued budget CUTS will threaten the ability of the sunys to maintain the quality of their education. the budget cuts are FACT. but you repeatedly find reasons to dismiss the significance of them. </p>
<p>transparency and fairness will do your neighbors children little good if a further budget cuts and continued state retention of tuition increases significantly undermines the value of a suny education. you refer to “cutting costs” as if that has nothing to do with the education offered. cutting costs means increased class size, fewer class offerings, less money for financial aide, less money to maintain facilities, less money to maintain staffing and faculty. </p>
<p>i urge everyone else reading to recognize the importance of the budget issue – its not too late to contact your legislators about next year’s budget – there is talk of yet FURTHER BUDGET CUTS being made. any debate over who should or shouldn’t be admitted to a suny with what stats will become a lot less meaningful if the quality of a suny education is allowed to be undermined by further and further huge budget cuts!!</p>