New York's State Universities Battle Budget Cuts

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The state budget cuts finalized last week couldn't have come at a worse time for Long Island's public colleges and universities.

Bare-bones tuition and striving to improve quality have made the schools increasingly in demand in recent years. But with the state considering a tuition freeze for the coming year, academic executives are wondering how to continue making excellence a goal with suddenly reduced resources.

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New York's State Universities Battle Budget Cuts

"Our enrollment and the level of interest is the highest in our college's history," said Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, president of the SUNY College at Old Westbury, whose enrollment, which currently tops 4,300 students, has risen 47 percent in the past decade...

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