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20 Things We Learned from the State of the University

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20 Things We Learned at the State of the UniversityChancellor Zimpher’s State of the University Address was on Tuesday, January 15.  As the SUNY Board of Trustees, college presidents, and others packed The Egg in Albany, Chancellor Zimpher outlined progress made in the past three years and a bold new plan going forward.

1.   College is worth it.  Chancellor Zimpher cited Vivek Wadha in saying, “Students, you are probably not Mark Zuckerberg, so stay in school.”  Chancellor Zimpher took the question of college’s purpose head-on:

…While you may have the next game-changing idea in your field, without the educational foundation to bring your idea to life, you are no better off.  Without the business knowledge to start a company, without the research experience to bring your hypothesis to life, or the writing skills to express your ideas, you are no better off than if you had no idea at all.

While Jobs, Gates, and Zuckerberg are the poster children for success without a college degree, consider the number of Fortune 500 CEOs who did complete college.

2.   SUNY will create an 11th grade college readiness exam to help students determine if they are on track for college.  In an effort to curb costly remediation, the exam will be piloted this fall in SUNY’s Smart Scholars Early College High Schools. The Chancellor referred to the exam as one “high school students would actually want to take”.

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2013 State of the University Address: Chancellor Zimpher Holds Up SUNY As National Model

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Three-Year Online Degree Programs, Innovation Hubs, Workforce Diploma Designation Among New Calls to Action

Chancellor Zimpher delivers the 2013 State of the University AddressState University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher today delivered her third annual State of the University Address, highlighting the value of a college degree and setting an ambitious agenda for the year ahead as SUNY aspires to be a national model for higher education in America.

“SUNY’s progress and the system’s unprecedented level of collaboration with schools, communities, and businesses are having an astounding collective impact on New York State and all who live and work here,” said Chancellor Zimpher. “We believe SUNY has a national roadmap for education and we are committed to using it.”

Chancellor Zimpher highlighted breakthrough strategies at work across SUNY that increase college access and completion and make universally available the opportunity for all citizens to achieve success in school, college, and career.

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2012 Year in Review – SUNY launches the Smart Track Campaign

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Vice President Joe Biden holds a meeting on transparency in college costs with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and nine other college presidents, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 5, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

As we enter the new year, we thought we’d share some of the SUNY news you may have missed during 2012.

In September, SUNY launched the “SUNY Smart Track Campaign” – an innovative new model combining several tools to combat student debt through educating students and families on the cost of college and how financial aid works.

This new initiative is the most proactive and comprehensive model by any university system in the nation meant to address the dual concerns of crushing student debt and lack of transparency in college costs and financial aid.  It combines 5 tools and services to meet student financial service needs:
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2012 Year in Review – Lumina Foundation Grant

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As we enter the new year, we thought we’d share some of the SUNY news you may have missed during 2012.

DegreeWorks transfer processIn October, SUNY received a grant enabling an easier transfer process for students between system campuses. The $500,000 Lumina Foundation grant will be used to enhance the “reverse transfer” process and install a high-tech software program, called DegreeWorks, at all SUNY campuses.  The software will provide advisers and students with better, more complete information necessary for degree planning.

This grant will be used for two main projects.  The first is to identify current students at 4-year SUNY institutions that had transferred from a SUNY community college before earning a degree to “reverse-transfer” credits back, allowing them to be awarded an associate’s degree from their previous institution.

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2012 Year in Review – Chancellor’s Online Education Advisory Group

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Power of SUNY

As we count down to the new year, we thought we’d share some of the SUNY news you may have missed during 2012.

 

framework Power Of SUNYOn October 1 of this year, the SUNY Catalog of degrees, certificates, and course offerings available were both fully online and via blended learning from SUNY.  The catalog is powered by the SUNY Learning Network, which provides a complete support infrastructure for online faculty development and course design, course management software and server infrastructure, and student and faculty helpdesk services. It also provides marketing, promotion, and program management services to participating campuses.

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