Chair Joseph on College Discovery and SEEK programs
Joseph asks about College Discovery and SEEK budgets and enrollment. The Chancellor reports 1,537 students in College Discovery and 6,141 in SEEK for fall 2025, with SEEK receiving additional state funding.
Discovery and SEEK.
CUNY's opportunity program include College Discovery and the Percy Ellis Sutton Search for Education Elevation Knowledge.
These programs support students in their academic and professional goals by providing additional academic, financial, and advising support at the two- and four-year colleges.
What are the budgets for FY26 and FY27 for College Discovery and SEEK, and how many students are currently enrolled in each of those programs?
So the number of students enrolled in this program is 1,537 for the fall 2025 headcount for the college discovery,
6,141 for the fall 2025 headcount for SEEK.
I know, and I'll defer to Ken, that there was an additional increment in the SEEK budget, right, in the state budget.
But that is the only additional support that we have received for either SEEK or CD.
28,000 for CD, for college discovery, right?
And the budget for college discovery in 26 was about $6 million.
Any of these programs that I mentioned earlier are going to be baselined?
The chancellor said it helps with planning.
You're asking if the city's going to baseline the funding?
Right.
For these programs that works.
They're evidence-based.
Well, the SIC funding is mostly coming from the state.
Yes.
And so, I mean, again, from our perspective, any funding for student success program that has regularity and is baseline is better for us in terms of planning and delivering the services to the students.
In any form of education, if you know your funding is there, you're better to plan.
You know how to hire educators and how many seats you have and all of that.
So that's across the board.
Agreed.