Salisbury University
Legislative Testimony Presented
to
The Senate Subcommittee on Education, Business, and Administration
February 17, 2004
and
The House Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development
February 19, 2004
By
Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Ph.D.
President
Good afternoon, Mr.
Chairman and members of the Subcommittee. I come before you today
with concerns about public higher education in our state. While
there may be light at the end of the tunnel, there is still a gloomy
economic road ahead of us, and the ability of Salisbury University and
all institutions of the University System of Maryland to provide quality
and access relies in part upon the combined judgment and support
provided by this Subcommittee. Public higher education represents
the state’s economic engine and the ladder of opportunity for its
citizens.
Today I will briefly
highlight the many achievements of Salisbury University to demonstrate a
model of affordable, efficient, quality education. For most
of my testimony, I will focus on issues and recommendations that I hope
you will seriously consider as you debate appropriate levels of
budgetary support for public higher education and Salisbury University
in particular.
