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Concept
Statutory college
Summary
In American higher education, particular to the state of New York, a statutory college or contract college is a college or school that is a component of an independent, private university that has been designated by the state legislature to receive significant, ongoing public funding from the state. The statutory college is operated by the university on behalf of the state, with the mission of serving specific educational needs of the state. New York's statutory colleges are administratively affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) system, and receive funding from SUNY's operating budget. There are five statutory colleges: four located at Cornell University and one located at Alfred University.
The terms "statutory college" and "contract college" derive from the fact that each of these dually affiliated colleges or schools is operated independently from the state pursuant to statute or under contract with the state. In the case of Cornell University, 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. On other campuses they are called "private".
The New York State Education law uses both "contract college" and "statutory college" to describe these state-supported colleges.
Organization of Cornell University
The four statutory colleges located at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, are:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (established 1888; contract since 1904)
New York State College of Human Ecology (established 1919; separate college since 1925)
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (established 1944)
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine (established 1894)
Another statutory college, the New York State College of Forestry, was founded at Cornell in 1898, only to be closed in 1903 when outcry over a pending lawsuit led Gov. Odell to veto the appropriations bill that provided funding. However, forestry education was continued at Cornell as part of the College of Agriculture.
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