Much like the CSU, the State University New York (SUNY) system has been ravaged by budget cuts in recent years. Administrators at SUNY have launched ill-conceived plans to "prioritize" and then eliminate entire academic programs – a process similar to those that CFA has fought vigorously here in California.

On October 1, the president of SUNY Albany announced plans to cut 160 full-time positions – including tenured faculty – in five programs: French, Italian, Russian, Theater, and Classics.

A coalition of faculty, students, staff, labor organizations and community groups at Albany are mobilizing fight-back efforts.

The group has set up a website to document the struggle at: http://sunyundersiege.pbworks.com/

CFA encourages faculty members in the CSU to visit the site and support our colleagues at SUNY however you can.