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The article focuses on the resignation of William S. Carlson as president of the State University of New York. It notes that Carlson has done well with his 42 assorted schools and division scattered all over New York that are not supposed to intrude upon the concerns of private campuses. It says that his trustees do not get along too well with the state board of regents, and when he released a report calling for a central campus to help other campuses, the trustees reprimanded the move.

The article features 52-year-old William S. Carlson, president of the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.). It mentions that Carlson has given his student a better education; however he was frustrated by the constant feud between his trustees and the State Board of Regents. It adds that Carlson has released a report by Dean Theodore Blegen of the University of Minnesota wanting for the S.U.N.Y. to be an institution with responsibility.

The article features William S. Carlson, president of the State University of New York (SUNY) which has 41,535 students, 3,000 faculty and 33 million U.S. dollar-budget. It chronicles the career of Carlson who is a first rate geologist and lecturer at the University of Michigan, director of admissions and professor the University of Minnesota and president of the University of Delaware and then at Vermont. SUNY has grown to include 11 teacher's colleges, 11 technical institutes and seven professional colleges.