<p>that article doesn't say the schools r going private</p>
<p>Don't believe in the rumor. They won't turn private. A large portion of Cornell's research funding came from the New York State government. In order to receive those funding, Cornell has to keep its land grant tradition. On the other hand, the reduction of class size will really help Cornell. Cornell needs to be more selective in the admission process and pull up the stats.</p>
<p>From Cornell's webpage:</p>
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<p>Dear Uncle Ezra,
I heard that in 2010, Cornell will be entirely privately funded and that there will no longer be "contract colleges." I heard that it will take place in 2010 and it makes sense b/c Cornell recently announced that it will allow students to apply to 2 different colleges in the future.</p>
<p>Dear Prospective,
Our director of undergraduate admissions says that is a resounding no! The decision to allow future applicants to select a first and second choice college on their admissions application is to help students find the college that is the best fit for them. This has nothing to do with our relationship with the state of New York. We're curious though, where did you hear this rumor?</p>
<p>And we wonder why Cornell needs an Image Committee. One of the reasons is because of all of the misinformation out there. All of Cornell's Colleges are considered "private".</p>
<p>Excerpt from Wikipedia:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University</a></p>
<p>Cornell is a private institution, receiving most of its funding through tuition, research grants, and alumni contributions. However, three of its undergraduate colleges as well as the graduate-level College of Veterinary Medicine, called contract or statutory colleges, also receive partial funding from the state of New York to support their research and service mission in niche fields. Residents of New York enrolled in the contract colleges enjoy reduced tuition. Further, the governor of the state serves as an ex-officio member of the board of trustees. It is a common misconception that Cornell's contract colleges are public institutions. They are notthey are private institutions that Cornell operates by contract with the state government.</p>
<p>Another excerpt from Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_college%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_college</a></p>
<p>The terms "statutory college" and "contract college" derive from the fact that each of these dually-affiliated colleges or schools are operated independently from the state pursuant to statute or under contract with the state. The colleges and schools that do not receive direct funding from the state are generally referred to as endowed colleges, to differentiate them from the statutory colleges.
Since 2001, the administration at Cornell has come to prefer the term "contract college" over "statutory college" to emphasize that these units are an integral part of a private institution (and should legally be treated as such). There is, indeed, basis for both terms in the law, as New York's legistative language refers to the state-supported colleges as "statutory or contract" colleges.</p>
<p>thank you Tahoe. Saved me the effort!!!</p>
<p>lets get this straight. Why should Cornellians feel inferior, we're one of the top schools in the world and the nation. For all those who claim to have the inferiority complex, you are not inferior. Out of the thousands of colleges in the United States you are eaisly the top 1%, and as for the hundreds of thousands of collegs across the world Cornell is number 12. Cornellians dont feel inferior, all it is that all the kids who go to the top schools have an inherent tendancy to rib other top schools. For all Cornellians, you're the top 1% of the world, hold your head high. Also, as for the stuatory colleges, they're what makes Cornell unique, they're what makes Cornell what it is.</p>
<p>i agree about the staturtory collges. They add an integral part to the university. I just get sick of people calling them "SUNY Cornell" when it's far from the truth.</p>
<p>...bump = cant take the "bathrooms are cornell" at the top of the page</p>