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Plan for newest SUNY campus stirs up some controversy

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SUNY trustees have voted to split the University of Albany and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, to create the system's 65th SUNY campus. The founder of the college says the move will save SUNY money and help bring high tech jobs to New York state. The plans is to have the new specialized college up and running in the 2014-2015 academic year, says Alain Kaloyeros, the school's CEO. "What the governor and the chancellor want out of this is have the MIT or Stanford out of SUNY. A state of the art, scholarly hub at an affordable tuition," he said. Up to now, Kaloyeros says the school has been able to attract millions of dollars in grants for researchers doing cutting edge work -- proof of it's success. The move to create the new campus does have some detractors. The three out of 16 trustees who voted against the move had concerns ranging from what they said was a sub-par report that explained why the move was necessary, to concerns about increased costs. Kaloyeros

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