Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities

(Airs 02/12/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Lola Brabham, President of The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU), about their 2026 legislative agenda and how they hope to make up financial cuts to New York’s higher education institutions in the Big Beautiful Bill.

Several colleges across New York state have been re-branding as "universities.”