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SUNY Sullivan officials flag enrollment dip, highlight criminal justice program and BOCES partnerships

2520344 · March 6, 2025
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At a Sullivan County Government Services Committee meeting, SUNY Sullivan faculty described the college's criminal justice program, partnerships with BOCES, workforce and adult-learner outreach, and budget pressures tied to lower out-of-county enrollment and dorm closure.

SUNY Sullivan faculty told the Sullivan County Government Services Committee that the college's criminal justice program has about 43 students in its two-year degree and strong credit-transfer ties with Sullivan County BOCES, even as overall enrollment has declined since the dorm closed.

Committee members heard that SUNY Sullivan's two-year criminal justice degree requires 61 credits and currently has 'about 43' students enrolled. Professor Rob Reiler, a full-time criminal justice faculty member, said the program has kept recruitment local and noted a long-standing partnership with the county BOCES public safety program that allows roughly a dozen students who complete BOCES benchmarks to transfer in with credit and finish the degree more quickly. "We get about a dozen or so who just, seamlessly transfer right into the…

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