[Fixit]

Actually several of the schools at Cornell are technically part of the SUNY system. One need only look at the construction sponsorship signs near big projects on campus to figure this out.

http://www.cornellsun.com/articles/8685/

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003

Despite a tuition hike of $1200, Cornell's four statutory schools will still be in the red by $18 million next year if the governor's proposed bdget passes through the State Senate. The four state schools -- the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the School of Industrial Labor Relatations, College of Human Ecology and the College of Veterinary Medicine -- have a budget allocation of about $485 million this year, with $141 million in state appropriations.

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The state has proposed cutting funding to SUNY schools across the board, and has recommended tuition hikes to cover the difference in state allocation. Cornell is an aberration in relation to all other SUNY schools, because it is the state's land grant school and has in addition to its education mission, a large research mission.

On the average, SUNY schools receive 58 percent of funds from the state, while Cornell receives 93 percent that way. "When SUNY takes a hit, Cornell suffers a disproportionate hit," Lifton said.

In reference to this problem, Lifton said, "People need to recognize that Cornell does things that other SUNY schools do not do."

[Slings and Arrows]

Wow, that's news to me. Guess I learned something today. Thank you kindly.

The evil part still stands, of course.