(Important legislative issues of temporary concern are noted in the folder list.).
Contains correspondence to members, state politicians, the Governor's Office, and ACUSNY's lawyers; Association newsletters and legislation updates; copies of legislative documents; reports from the Board of Regents and the State Department of Education; statements by ACUSNY before the Joint Legislative Committee on Education. The series provides complete and detailed information about ACUSNY's concerns and activities. Records throughout the series document the Association's involvement with legislation concerning financial aid to students and institutions, taxation exemption, and state labor legislation. Other issues that are particularly well documented include state aid to private institutions, 1955-1956; the establishment of SUNY at Stony Brook, mid-1950s; establishment of a state corporation to provide financial aid to students, 1957; Amendment # 6, concerning the state's guarantee of bonds 1961; expansion of SUNY, 1964; CUNY financial crisis, 1966; campus unrest, 1969-1970; improvement of the State's Tuition Assistance Program, 1982; the Right-To-Know Law, 1986; crime on campus, 1989; the effect of the budget crists on the Einstein/Schweitzer Chairs, 1992.
Contains general correspondence, 1938-1948, correspondence with foundations and out-of-state associations, and reports of ACUSNY committees, meeting minutes, correspondence and reports of the Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1976, 1982-1984, membership lists, 1948-1962, 1965-1979; incorporation petition, 1972. Also contains information concerning the State Scholarship Program, 1950; two year degree colleges; the central campus issue, 1957; graduate education, 1958; CUNY, 1976; Long Range Planning conference, 1979; the State Education Department, 1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1988; state funding for higher education, 1991; performance standards for postsecundary and adult vocational education programs, 1992.