News Release
Aug 10, 2006
View Online: Tuesday, Aug. 15 Press Conference and Webcast
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here to download and view today's press conference and live video Webcast announcing the first-ever collaboration between the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) and the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop an online “portal” connecting New York's higher education resources with businesses and industry clusters.
Satellite feed: A satellite feed of taped excerpts of the event will be available between 4: 15 and 4:30 p.m. on August 15.
Ku-band Analog satellite window:
Satellite........................... SBS 6 (Ku analog)
Location........................... 74 degrees west longitude
Transponder.................. 04
Receive frequency......... 11798 MHz
Audio.............................. 6.2 and 6.8 MHz [discrete wide]
Polarity........................... Vertical
Technical support hotline: 518-453-9521; If busy, please call: 518-443-5333.
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The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) represents the chief executives of New York's 100+ independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer most of the bachelor's degrees (56%), master's degrees (72%), and doctoral and first-professional degrees (80%) earned in New York State.
CICU member campuses enroll more than 466,000 students, including nearly 300,000 New York State residents. One in three (27%) New Yorkers enrolled full time at independent colleges and universities in the state comes from a family earning less than $40,000 annually. And most (52%) African-American and Latino students who earn their bachelor's and graduate degrees in New York State are Independent Sector alumni.