Op Ed on Michigan Model in New York State
Prof. Shane White of UCFW forwarded the op ed below to me from the NY Times. It indicates something like the “Michigan Model” is at the center of a state budget debate in New York.——————– Stop Raiding the Ivory Tower By PETER D. SALINS Published: July 27, 2010 Stony Brook, N.Y. IT is not a disagreement about expenditures or taxes that is preventing the New York State Legislature from passing a 2011 budget. No, it is a piece of legislation called the Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act, which has the enthusiastic backing of Gov. David Paterson and grudging…