October 25, 2018 Rebuild public universities with private-sector efficiency CUNY could speed up glacial development process with nonprofit P3 model Daniel Marsh The City University of New York is in the process of selecting a new chancellor. The longer it takes, the more challenging it will be for its next leader to address a critical issue: CUNY’s aging building stock. This is no small undertaking. The city’s public universities have 24 campuses and more than 300 buildings with an average age exceeding 50. Some date back more than a century. Repairing old CUNY facilities is difficult enough, but developing new …
