SUNY adds Old Westbury to statewide ACE expansion
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another Long Island college will be included in the next student cohort as the State University of New York expands its successful student-retention and degree-completion model….
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Adelphi, Upstate Medical ink joint-admissions pact
By GREGORY ZELLER // Following a popular higher-education trend, Adelphi University has forged a joint-admissions alliance that will funnel graduates straight into medical school. The Syracuse-based Upstate Medical University, to…
LI schools snag $12.6M in state facilities funds
By GREGORY ZELLER // Seven-figure stipends are flowing to private colleges and universities across Long Island as part of a hefty package of state grants supporting statewide campus-infrastructure projects. All…
State of the State 2018: Cuomo tears into Trump, TCJA
By GREGORY ZELLER // He’s Andrew Cuomo, and he approves this message. With a deft comedic touch, impressive stamina and a decidedly presidential timbre, Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered a no-holds-barred…
Sanders salutes Cuomo’s $163M free-tuition plan
Middle-class families will send their kids to New York City and State public colleges tuition-free, if Gov. Andrew Cuomo gets his way. Flanked by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont), who…