Excerpt from Equal Employment Opportunity at the State University of New York: A Report of the New York State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights Prepared for the Information and Consideration of the Commission

The State University of New York (suny) was created in 1948 by the State legislature to develop and administer a statewide system of higher education.1 Since its founding, suny has grown from 29 State-supported but unaffiliated campuses to an organized system of 72 institutions. It is the largest, multilevel, centrally-managed system of public higher education in the United States.

The university encompasses a university centers, 2 medical centers, 13 colleges of arts and science, 1 nonresidential college, 5 statutory colleges, 3 Specialized colleges, 6 agricultural and technical colleges, and 38 locally-sponsored community colleges. A total of 12 campuses offer graduate studies at the doctoral level and 22 at the masters level.

In 1973 the State University employed persons, of whom were administrative staff and were faculty members. Of the professionals,2 percent were white, percent were black, percent were of Spanish speaking background, and percent were members of other minority groups. About percent were women.3 Clerical and support staff are not within the scope of this report.

Suny is governed by a 15-member board of trustees appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the State senate. The board is empowered to appoint its own officers, the chancellor, and the central administration staff. The trustees exercise direct control over 29 of the 72 units. Excluded from this direct control are the 5 statutory colleges and 38 community colleges. The five statutory colleges are governed by the board of trustees of the universities under which they operate Cornell and Alfred. The community colleges are governed by their own quasi-independent boards of trustees.

The chancellor of the State university is appointed by the board of trustees and has final administrative responsibility for the entire university system. The chancellor is responsible for recommending and implementing policies for the board of trustees, formulating and implementing personnel regulations, offering guidelines for budget and program development, establishing academic priorities, and other matters. The campus presidents have the responsibility for daily administration and the implementation of statewide policies on their campuses. The campus president thus becomes an important figure, both as head of a local unit of the university and as an administrator of systemwide policy.

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