Syverud retiring in June 2026

[AZOrange]

Yup. I understand he very much cares about them because he knows how important they are to the students we want attending the school. Obviously it’s not unlimited money but very few places are.

We’ve basically become the only big time sports university in the northeast outside of Penn State. And we’ve done a great job recruiting students from the west coast and Southeast to backfill from the traditional grounds. I think some of the metrics have suffered as we’ve prioritized full paying students and different geographical areas.

I wasn’t aware at the time but apparently SU had a very poor year in terms of projected acceptances. When they didn’t hit their projections they went back out into the market and flooded the zone with increased financial aid. Apparently they threw the whole college acceptance and financial aid market into a tizzy. My friends out here relayed it to me as they have kids applying this year.

 

[AZOrange]

What about a scrap yard ceo….

Like I said…put me in there and AW can be my wingman

 

[Hawknate144]

I wasn’t aware at the time but apparently SU had a very poor year in terms of projected acceptances. When they didn’t hit their projections they went back out into the market and flooded the zone with increased financial aid. Apparently they threw the whole college acceptance and financial aid market into a tizzy. My friends out here relayed it to me as they have kids applying this year.

yeah this did happen, my guess is that Syracuse has an internal algorithim that attempts to predict how many acceptances will enroll, this algorithim was wrong for last year, or more correctly, it didnt adjust for that fact that kids are just applying to schools to say they applied to schools, with little to no actual real interest, the equation said this many people will enroll, that number ended up being quite a bit lower than predicted and they figured that its better to get partial tuition money if they offer lots of aid to some kids than 0 tuition money if they don't, it also looks really scummy to the kids already enrolled

 

[MSOrange]

Doubtful Kent will be interested. I heard he wants to go back and teach law and has been been teaching a course in the SU Law School. I just checked and he currently is listed as being on the faculty of the law school. I wonder if he and his wife are going to stay in Syracuse and teach. He did say they are going to stay as part of the Syracuse community. He probably could get a teaching job at a more highly rated law school if he wanted it.

The president of my alma mater actually just made a similar move and stepped down to go back to teaching law to finish his career as that was what he really enjoys, so I wouldn't be shocked to see him do that.

 

[FloridaCuse]

I wasn’t aware at the time but apparently SU had a very poor year in terms of projected acceptances. When they didn’t hit their projections they went back out into the market and flooded the zone with increased financial aid. Apparently they threw the whole college acceptance and financial aid market into a tizzy. My friends out here relayed it to me as they have kids applying this year.

There was a fairly negative article about this in the New York Times a few months ago. It did not make Syracuse look good.

 

[mikemorg]

Wasn’t sure jf this deserved its own thread. Pretty embarrassing article in today’s NY Times.

Why Did Syracuse Offer $200,000 Deals to Teens Who Had Turned It Down?

The university seems to have misjudged what some families would pay. Next year, maybe applicants should play their own game of chicken with such schools.

www.nytimes.com

 

[FloridaCuse]

The date of the NYTimes article is June 14, 2025.

 

[Oakland]

Doubtful Kent will be interested. I heard he wants to go back and teach law and has been been teaching a course in the SU Law School. I just checked and he currently is listed as being on the faculty of the law school. I wonder if he and his wife are going to stay in Syracuse and teach. He did say they are going to stay as part of the Syracuse community. He probably could get a teaching job at a more highly rated law school if he wanted it.

The guy is 69 years old. Maybe he just wants to retire.

 

[orangefog]

The guy is 69 years old. Maybe he just wants to retire.

 

[HtownOrange]

The guy is 69 years old. Maybe he just wants to retire.

You know the rules, Oakland. Common sense, good judgement, and practicality have no place on a college fan site.

 

[AZOrange]

The date of the NYTimes article is June 14, 2025.

Have to think some of this is part of it

 

[Cusefan95]

I agree regarding pottery is a difficult way to earn a living like in most art fields. However ceramic engineering is a worthy major and have good jobs in the biomedical, aerospace, electronics, automotive fields etc.

Totally agree. One of the trends I’ve been involved in over the last 30 years is conversion of high wear metal components with ceramics. There’s a huge amount of engineering involved to develop wear resistant ceramics that are durable enough to handle the same applications as something like stainless steel. It’s an area I know enough about to know I don’t know much. I just count on technical folks - usually with ceramics engineering degrees - who are far more knowledgeable than me to provide recommendations on what to use.

I didn’t know a SUNY school had that as a major - but having it isn’t a problem. It means they were ahead of the curve since it’s still a growth area.

 

[oldpinepoint]

Totally agree. One of the trends I’ve been involved in over the last 30 years is conversion of high wear metal components with ceramics. There’s a huge amount of engineering involved to develop wear resistant ceramics that are durable enough to handle the same applications as something like stainless steel. It’s an area I know enough about to know I don’t know much. I just count on technical folks - usually with ceramics engineering degrees - who are far more knowledgeable than me to provide recommendations on what to use.

I didn’t know a SUNY school had that as a major - but having it isn’t a problem. It means they were ahead of the curve since it’s still a growth area.

Yes it’s SUNY but it’s at Alfred University. It’s only 1 of 3 programs in the entire US. I think it’s a good model for Syracuse.