The Voice

None of the nearly 40 members of the UUP Outreach Committee minced words about the challenges UUP and SUNY face during the committee’s retreat Nov. 6-7 in Albany. And the threat posed by flexibility is near the top of the committee’s worry list.

“Flexibility threatens to dismantle the public nature of the University,” UUP President Phillip Smith told committee members. “Selling or leasing campus property removes opportunities for future expansion of academic programs and services.”