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SUNY chancellor discusses increasing enrollment

John King
wikipedia.org

Since 2022, the State University of New York has seen a 6.5% increase in student enrollment, including a nearly 3% increase this year compared to last. Still, SUNY’s student population of roughly 387,000 lags behind the nearly 443,000 students who were enrolled a decade ago. Amid a federal climate that’s been – at times – hostile to higher education, the SUNY system may be challenged to continue closing the enrollment gap. WAMC’s Andrew Waite discussed all of this with SUNY Chancellor John King.

Andrew Waite is WAMC’s news director. His journalism career dates to 2009, when he was a cub reporter for community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He has since worked as an editor at the inflight magazine for Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and as the featured news columnist for The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. Andrew has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University, an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University and is a proud Albany High School graduate. He's honored to be back home helping to cover news in the Capital Region, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.