SUNY Chancellor: Trump Budget Would Be "Devastating"

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher says cuts to programs that help disadvantaged high school students gain the opportunity to attend college, as well as reductions to federal college aid, would have a huge negative impact on New York’s colleges.

"It would have a devastating effect on access, and access leads to completion, leads to workforce development, and leads to economic success. That's the whole issue here that is at stake, and I think that's exactly what will be debated by the Congress," said Zimpher.

Zimpher spoke to public radio and television as she ends an eight-year term as the head of one the nation’s largest university systems next month.