Lawmakers debate letting SUNY schools set tuition
As the presidents of Long Island's five SUNY colleges anxiously work phones to Albany, the State Legislature is debating Gov. David A. Paterson's proposal to allow public campuses to set their own tuitions and keep more of that money.
The legislation would allow Stony Brook University and other large research campuses to break free from the state's one-size-fits-all tuition and charge more...
