New York: Plan to expand role of universities in K-12

Inside Higher Ed: A special panel reviewing higher education in New York State is preparing a plan that would call for radically increased role for colleges in working with elementary and secondary schools. In what appears to be a trial balloon, parts of the plan were revealed to The New York Sun, which reported that “education empowerment zones” would be created in which college faculty members would play more of a role in helping with the curriculum, and colleges might set up “early college high schools” and other links between higher ed and K-12. A preliminary report from the panel — appointed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer — is expected by December 1. Sources familiar with the panel’s deliberations told Inside Higher Ed that the emphasis described in the Sun article was correct, but that references to a huge infusion of funds for higher education were not, given the state’s overall budget picture.

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