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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Current challenges facing CUNY
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Chancellor Rodríguez addresses the unprecedented challenges CUNY is currently facing, including stress from evolving federal policies and potential funding losses that threaten research and scholarship.
- Highlights stress and anxiety in the CUNY community due to evolving federal policies
- Mentions potential funding losses threatening research, innovation, and scholarship
- Reaffirms CUNY's commitment to supporting all community members, including immigrants and international students
Félix Matos Rodríguez
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I want to begin by acknowledging the unprecedented times that we're in.
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Many in our community are coping with stress and anxiety due to evolving federal policies.
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As a system, we're facing losses in funding that threaten the research, innovation, and scholarship in the sciences as well as the arts that are a core part of our mission as a great public university.
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CUNY and campus leadership remain fully committed to supporting all members of our community, including immigrants and international students, and the vital transformative role that public higher education plays in New York City.
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Despite the uncertainties of the times, I always bet on CUNY.
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And we have continued to build on our efforts to expand academic excellence and opportunity and to promote equity.