In early
2007, former Governor Eliot Spitzer announced the formation of
a Higher Education Commission, whose mandate was to
identify ways to improve the quality of higher education
in New York State. The
Commission
issued its
report
(12/17/07) and
the governor highlighted it in this year's state-of-the state
address on January 9th.
Details and PSC
response.
Part-Timer Unemployment
Insurance
By clicking
here,
send an Act Now letter to your
state legislators supporting a
bill that would enable
adjuncts to receive
unemployment insurance when they
are unemployed and have no
income.
Details.
State Budget Ax Still
Swinging, Aimed at SUNy colleagues who need our support
Governor Paterson has announced a
second wave of budget cuts, after the State budget
settlement, cuts that take a whack at CUNY and a much
bigger whack at SUNY. At issue is the governor’s plan to
require the universities to set aside money derived from
non-general fund accounts (private revenue sources) and
give it back to the State. In CUNY’s case, which doesn’t
have much in the way of private revenue sources, the cut
would amount to $4-6 million—a sizable cut in a lean
budget year. But the damage to SUNY would be far worse:
$109 million. PSC members lobbying in Albany tomorrow
will push for restorations for both universities, but
all of us can help
fight the devastating SUNY cuts right now. Visit the
United University
Professions (UUP) website and click on the “Save
SUNY Now” button to send a letter to State legislators.
Additional cuts to public higher education, needed now
more than even, are unacceptable, and that’s a message
we need Albany to hear loud and clear.