In 1969 , he became president of the Rochester Institute of Technology which had moved from its old campus in downtown Rochester , New York to a much larger campus on a former farm in the suburb of Henrietta , New York . Miller inherited a nearly 12 % budget deficit , the result of declining enrollment , higher attrition , and higher costs for the new campus which resulted in several years of austerity . Miller implemented zero-based budgeting , forecasting of student enrollment , and made the dormitories co-ed . Additionally , Miller quelled student demonstrations in the wake of the Kent State shootings and oversaw precautions taken to defend against the flooding of Hurricane Agnes . Miller attempted to overcome persistent vandalism of the dormitories by staying in them with the students and later instituting a carrot-and-stick repair or improve budget for each dorm . Miller improved faculty compensation and student representation in the Institute equivalent of the faculty senate . Miller hired RIT 's first provost , Todd Bullard , in 1970
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Paul A. Miller