New York Laws
Article 115 - Cornell University
5714 - New York State College of Human Ecology.

§ 5714. New York state college of human ecology. 1. The school of
home economics heretofore administered and maintained in the New York
state college of agriculture at Cornell university shall hereafter be
known as the New York state college of human ecology at Cornell
university and shall continue to be under the management and control of
said university, subject to the supervision of the state university
trustees.

2. The object of said college of human ecology shall be the
improvement of family well-being and human welfare by means of
education, research, extension teaching, and related public service in
the fields of human development and the use of human and environmental
resources, including consumer economics, family relationships, human
nutrition, household design, and allied subjects.

3. All buildings, furniture, apparatus, and other property heretofore
erected or furnished by the state for the said college of human ecology,
and all buildings, furniture, apparatus, and other property hereafter
erected or furnished by the state for said college of human ecology
shall be and remain the property of the state. The Cornell university
shall have the custody and control of said property, and shall, as the
representative of the state university trustees, with whatever state
moneys may be received for the purpose, administer the said college of
human ecology as to the establishment of courses of study, the creation
of departments and positions, the determination of the number and
salaries of members of the faculty and other employees thereof, the
employment and appointment thereof, the maintenance of discipline and as
to all matters pertaining to its educational policies, activities and
operations, including research work.

4. The state university trustees shall maintain general supervision
over the requests for appropriations, budgets, estimates and
expenditures of such college. Cornell university shall receive no
income, profit, or compensation for the exercise and performance of the
powers and duties conferred and imposed by this section, but all moneys
received from state appropriations for said college of human ecology or
derived from other sources in the course of the administration thereof
shall be credited by said university to a separate fund and shall be
used exclusively for said New York state college of human ecology. Such
moneys as may be appropriated to be paid to the Cornell university by
the state in any year to be expended by said university in the
administration of said college of human ecology shall be payable to the
comptroller of Cornell university in three equal payments to be made on
the first day of July, the first day of November, and the first day of
March, and shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the chancellor of
the state university, as the chief administrative officer of the state
university, or by such authority or authorities in the state university
as shall be designated by the chancellor by a rule or written direction
filed with the comptroller, when and in the manner authorized by the
state university trustees.

5. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property
of the state in administering said college of human ecology as above
provided, and shall report to the state university trustees during the
month of September in each year.

6. The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell
university after prior consultation with the state university trustees
and all other fees and charges in said college of human ecology shall be
fixed by Cornell university, and the moneys received from these sources
and from the sales of products shall be credited to a separate fund and
shall be used for the expenses of said college of human ecology in such
ways as the trustees of said university may determine.