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PSUC could receive $94 million for work in Redcay, Beaumont
Ryan Hutchins
Issue date: 11/30/07 Section: News
Originally published: 11/29/07 at 6:30 PM EST
Last update: 11/29/07 at 10:28 PM EST
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Plattsburgh State would receive new full-time faculty, an increase in state funding and $94 million for building renovations under the 2008-09 SUNY budget request unveiled this week.
The plans, which were approved by the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, also call for a 5 percent hike in tuition and an 8.5 percent increase in state funding. In-state tuition would jump from $4,350 to $4,570 annually and out of state tuition would rise to $11,140.
"Every dollar of increased tuition will go directly to benefitting students," SUNY spokesman David Henahan said.
The boost is being sold as a way of avoiding larger hikes, like the 28 percent jump enacted in 2003, Henahan said. Tuition also went up in 2005. Students who qualify for TAP will not see the increase, according to Henahan.
The increased revenue would go to a range of initiatives, including a series of capital projects. The funds planned for PSUC would allow for major overhauls of Redcay and Beaumont halls - projects that would be similar to the Hudson Hall renovation underway now, according to John Homburger, the school's vice president for administration.
"That would be big," he said.
PSUC also stands to gain full-time faculty under a plan to add 1,000 such staff throughout the SUNY system over the course of three years. The new salaries would require a $25.2 million boost in funding.
It's unclear how many of the proposed faculty additions would go to PSUC.
"We intend to get some of those lines, but it's hard to say how many," Homburger said.
The staffing increase would come as faculty at Plattsburgh State and other schools have spoken out more vocally in the call to lessen the number of courses taught by adjunct lecturers. In some academic programs at PSUC, the number of courses taught by adjuncts outnumbers those taught by full-time faculty.
The funding boosts are among many included in the budget request, which was unveiled Tuesday. SUNY leaders had a big goal in mind when they made the presentation: Make SUNY the best public university system in America.
The plans, which were approved by the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, also call for a 5 percent hike in tuition and an 8.5 percent increase in state funding. In-state tuition would jump from $4,350 to $4,570 annually and out of state tuition would rise to $11,140.
"Every dollar of increased tuition will go directly to benefitting students," SUNY spokesman David Henahan said.
The boost is being sold as a way of avoiding larger hikes, like the 28 percent jump enacted in 2003, Henahan said. Tuition also went up in 2005. Students who qualify for TAP will not see the increase, according to Henahan.
The increased revenue would go to a range of initiatives, including a series of capital projects. The funds planned for PSUC would allow for major overhauls of Redcay and Beaumont halls - projects that would be similar to the Hudson Hall renovation underway now, according to John Homburger, the school's vice president for administration.
"That would be big," he said.
PSUC also stands to gain full-time faculty under a plan to add 1,000 such staff throughout the SUNY system over the course of three years. The new salaries would require a $25.2 million boost in funding.
It's unclear how many of the proposed faculty additions would go to PSUC.
"We intend to get some of those lines, but it's hard to say how many," Homburger said.
The staffing increase would come as faculty at Plattsburgh State and other schools have spoken out more vocally in the call to lessen the number of courses taught by adjunct lecturers. In some academic programs at PSUC, the number of courses taught by adjuncts outnumbers those taught by full-time faculty.
The funding boosts are among many included in the budget request, which was unveiled Tuesday. SUNY leaders had a big goal in mind when they made the presentation: Make SUNY the best public university system in America.
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