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Fred Floss
In other words; VP for Academics Fred Floss: Fair tax rates key to fiscal, SUNY stability
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Taxes are always a hot button issue, and at UUP’s 2009 Winter Delegate Assembly, our delegates unanimously supported a progressive tax increase as the fairest way to share the pain of the current economic downturn. I was asked to take up the issue on behalf of the union. I was happy to go around the state to make the case for a progressive tax system and the increased tax revenues it would yield to ensure the state’s stability. Of course, this is only half the battle. Now that the Fair Tax Act has been passed, we need to make sure we get our fair share. We must make sure the additional state revenues it will raise will help protect our students’ access to the high-quality public higher education that SUNY provides. |
Post to TwitterVP for Academics Fred Floss: Academic freedom must be maintained
During these tough economic times, hold on to your wallet—and your academic freedom. As we are seeing in the Bernie Madoff scandal, even very financially astute investors can find themselves in what is actually a very simple Ponzi scheme. In higher education, we are involved in our own version of a Ponzi scheme that poses a new threat to our academic freedom. It seems every bad idea contemplated over the last 10 years ends up in a crisis plan without discussion or review. Only years later will we find out the true costs brought to us by these academic Madoffs and their schemes.