The Albany Times Union reports that Alain Kaloyeros, former head of the SUNY Center for Semiconductor Research and SUNY Polytechnic, has been sentenced to three years. Kaloyeros was convicted of wire fraud related to bid rigging on an upstate revitalization project.
What are the links among large state universities, their left-wing ideology, and criminality? First, left-wing ideology supports large state institutions, including universities, even though they are inefficient. Second, because they are inefficient, universities avoid careful accounting for outcomes. Universities, much like industrial corporations, prefer secrecy. It is easier to draw students to academic programs if the students mistakenly think that they will be able to find a job after completing the degree. The leftists who sponsor such programs make no effort to determine what the outcomes for their students are because doing so would lead to reduced demand, likely eliminating academic jobs.
Third, secrecy and lack of accountability beget criminality. Kaloyeros was given financial authority, but he continued to behave like an ordinary professor. Lying about research findings is not a felony; Kaloyeros was morally unable to transition from the world of academic research to the real world.
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