Rebuild CUNY/ Rebuild NY

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Full-time Faculty
Adjunct Office Hours
Graduate Fellowships
Centers for Worker Ed

and PSC Testimony on CUNY Budget

 

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REBUILD CUNY, REBUILD nEW YORK 

 

Programmatic Priorities to Rebuild CUNY As a University Serving the Public Interest

                                                                                                                                  FY 03 COST

q       Rebuilding a Quality Instructional Staff        $50.9 M

     (Full-time Faculty, HEOs, CLTs and Counselors)

 

q       Paid Office Hours for Adjuncts   8.0

q       Ph.D. Fellowships      4.0

q       Increased Base Aid for Community Colleges   10.4

q       Centers for Worker Education   1.2

q       New Technology-Based Classrooms  11.0

q       Enhanced PSC Research Awards and Professional Travel Funds         5.0

q       Diversity Fund    2.0

q       Enhanced SEEK/CD Funding  5.9

Total FY 03 Cost for PSC Priorities $98.4 M

q       Increases for CUNY 2002-03 Estimated Mandatory Needs    $53.0
(For OTPS and fringe benefits, cost of inflation, and unfunded collective bargaining increases.)           

q       Proposed Increases for Current and Past CUNY Initiatives   $53.7
(Academic programs and student support services)

Total FY 03 Proposed Increase in Public Funding for CUNY $205.1 M 

 

Legislative Budget Priorities for Building Quality Education 

q      Full restoration of Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)

q       Pension Equity for Optional Retirement Plans