Magazines high on SUNY

Three SUNY campuses are among the best schools in the nation, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

The State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse was 85th on the list. Stony Brook ranked 96th and SUNY Buffalo was 118th among 262 American universities that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees.

Earlier this year nine SUNY campuses made the "100 best values in public colleges" list from Kiplinger's, the personal finance magazine. They are: Binghamton, 5; Geneseo, 7; Stony Brook, 34; Albany, 67; Fredonia, 70; University at Buffalo, 89; Purchase, 96; Cortland, 97; and Oneonta, 98.

CC role in teacher prep increasing

The Education Commission of the States has released an issue paper that explores the evolving role community colleges are playing in helping to meet the ongoing demand for quality teachers.

The paper, "Community Colleges and Teacher Preparation: Roles, Issues and Opportunities," came out of a 2006 meeting between ECS and the National Center for Teacher Transformation on the challenges, successes and opportunities available by using community colleges in collaboration with university systems and local education agencies.

The paper is available on the ECS Web site at www.ecs.org/CCteacherprep.