They have to break out. The campuses would support the local economy with incubators at which research can be conducted that helps grow jobs. A satellite network would connect all the campuses statewide. Students would download class lectures and get anything they want via digitized video programs. A student at one campus could take classes at any other campus and download material from any SUNY library.
Officials say such a plan is already in the works.
Mission review for each campus will force a system that rates the selectivity of each school on a scale of one to five, based on a number of factors including incoming students' SAT scores and grade point averages. Many state officials say closing some poorly performing campuses is inevitable. Recently, former SUNY Chancellor Thomas A. Bartlett said that in the early 1990s, he toyed with the idea of closing SUNY Old Westbury, one of the poorest performing schools in the system. If an institution falls short, we will ask what can be done.