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Stony Brook University
Books
Gelber, Sidney. Politics and Public Higher Education in New York State: Stony Brook-- A Case History. New York: P. Lang, 2001. [Copies in the Main Stacks and Archives: LC175.N5 G45 2001]
Nyitray, Kristen J and Ann M. Becker. Stony Brook: State University of New York. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. [Copies in the Main Stacks (Cage Collection), Archives, Reference Desk, and Special Collections: LD3840.S8 N94 2002]
Rosenthal, Joel. From the Ground Up: A History of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Port Jefferson, NY: 116 Press, 2004. [Copies in the Main Stacks, Archives, and Special Collections: LD3840.S8 R6 2004]
Campus Newspapers and Publications
State University of New York
The University of the State of New York, which was incorporated in 1784, is also known
as the Education Department, or State Education Department. It is the body charged
with the supervision of the State's entire system of education. The governing body
is the Board of Regents. The Commissioner of Education is the President of the University
of the State of New York.
The State University of New York was established in 1948 through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946-1948), chaired by Owen D. Young. SUNY comprises all institutions of higher education that are state supported. The governing body is the Board of Trustees. The Chancellor is the Chief Executive Officer of State University of New York.
Executive Reports
Berkowitz, David S. Inequality of Opportunity in Higher Education; a Study of Minority
Group and Related Barriers to College Admission. A report to the Temporary Commission
on the Need for a State University. Albany, NY: Williams Press, 1948. Legislative
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State Employees as They Relate to Salary Levels Paid by Private Employers for Comparable
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Education for the Health Professions; a comprehensive plan for comprehensive care
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the Muir Report after the Commission's Chairman, Malcolm Muir.] [Arch R746 .N7 A48
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New York (State). Temporary Study Commission to Review Procedures of the State University
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Blegen, Theodore C. The Harvests of Knowledge. A Report on Research Potentials and
Problems in the State University of New York. Albany: The Research Foundation of State
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The Purpose of the University; a Draft for Deliberation, Improvement, and Possible
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Bibliographical and Historical Sources
Carmichael, Oliver Cromwell, Jr. New York Establishes a State University. A Case Study in the Process of Policy Formation. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1955. [Main LD3840 .C3] [The author's father was Vice-Chairman of the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University and the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees.]