Remember the Beatles’ song, “A Day in the Life?” “Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head”? Let’s imagine a day in your life. You woke up, fell out of bed—and brushed with fluoride toothpaste. You gulped an electrolyte sports drink after your workout. You drove to work, seatbelt in place, [...]
This is a pivotal time in our country. A fast-moving and deep recession has resulted in the collapse and disappearance of some of this country’s most venerable companies; high unemployment is having a chilling effect on the lives of many Americans; and mounting federal debt is projected to accumulate to approximately $9 trillion over the [...]
This column was adapted from Chancellor Goldstein’s keynote address July 23 at the Center for an Urban Future/Community Service Society Forum on “New York’s Human Capital: The Next Generation.” You can watch the full speech on the CUNY Channel at www.cuny.edu/youtube New York City has long been a beacon of talent. As the song goes, [...]
The university will start the next academic year with a host of new degree programs – some 20 for September, with more on the way in the spring and thereafter. This burst of academic creativity reflects CUNY’s decade-long expansion of full-time faculty hires and the University’s continuing commitment to graduate as well as undergraduate education. [...]
In 2004, The City University of New York launched the first CUNY-wide fund-raising campaign with a goal of raising $1.2 billion by 2012. When Chairman Benno Schmidt and I announced the “Invest in CUNY” plan, we were met with some skepticism. A billion-dollar campaign at a university not well known for its strong tradition of [...]
This has been a difficult year in our country, our state and at CUNY. More than ever, economic conditions require that all of us work together to protect the most vulnerable and to enable New York State to recover and ultimately invest in its future. As a key generator of workforce and economic development and [...]
The University continues to monitor city, state, and federal developments that affect CUNY’s budget. With New York State facing its largest budget deficit in state history—a $1.7 billion shortfall this year and $13.7 billion in 2009-10—the budget recommends a series of actions to generate savings. The New York State Legislature is reviewing the Executive Budget [...]
In April, the University celebrated when John Matteson, associate professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for his book, Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father. (Matteson is the fourth CUNY Pulitzer winner since 1999.) In describing his research on [...]
Today, almost half of all undergraduates in the United States are attending a community college. Here in New York City, the six community colleges of The City University of New York–Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bronx Community College, Hostos Community College, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, and Queensborough Community College–serve nearly 79,000 degree-credit students, [...]
Today, CUNY and most other public universities entrusted with the same important public mission that they have always had, are challenged to meet that mission in a very different marketplace. Several trends are pushing us to rethink established models of public higher education. First, there has been a steady decline in state support of public [...]
