A little more than a year ago, State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced an ambitious strategic plan that called for SUNY to play a key role in the state’s economy. “In a knowledge economy,” she declared, “institutions of higher education can-and must-be pivotal in generating growth and revitalizing communities.”
Just how important SUNY already is to New York’s economy was underscored by the release Wednesday of a report on the 64-campus university system. The study, commissioned by the chancellor, calculates the annual economic impact in the state at nearly $20 billion. Rest at Rochester Business Journal