Why are the SUNYs ranked so low?

lostaccount
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:45:24 +0000

Bumping NY residents to lower ranked SUNYs (objectively or student preferences) is unaccpetable. NY state schools were not intended as places for Chinese to get educated. That is not the deal that NY tax payers sign onto when they send their money to Albany. There is no reason for NY to be educating Chinese students since it increases total cost for NYers. If Chinese families want their children educated they should consider setting up an educational system in China. And if that means some SUNYs need to close then that should happen.

There is no reason to maintain a system if it is not needed for NY residents. SUNY started to expand and build cush dorms after there was clear evidence that the number of potential NY students was going to be lower not larger. It is then not compelling to argue that they had no knowledge of the future numbers and we now need to educate China.

Incidently, don’t mistake what I am saying for racism. I am not talking about US residents whose ancestors lived in other countries but who are NY residents. I’m not taking about so-called “Chinese-Americans” or “Asian-Americans”. Students graduating from NY schools are NYers and have a right to be educated in NY schools and should have priority over any other student and especially over those from other countries. I oppose any quota system that limits the number of any particular type of student on the basis of ancestors place of origin, race,physical characteristics and the like. I’m opposed to importing foreign students except on a limited basis, and certainly not for the sake of allowing local SUNYs to earn descretionary income while NY tax payers foot the bill.