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Not to be confused with New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
 formerly known as the University of the City of New York.
For similar uses see University of New York
University of New York

There is no institution of higher education in the New York or the United States of America that bears the name University of New York. However, in confusion, it is possible that such a reference may regard the following:...


The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym ), is the public university system
University system

A university system is a set of multiple, affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names....
 of New York City
Education in New York City

Education in New York City is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the New York City Department of Education, is the largest in the United States, and New York is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the world....
. It is the largest urban university in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, consisting of 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, a doctorate-granting graduate school
CUNY Graduate Center

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York is the sole doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York....
, a journalism school
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism is a public graduate school of the City University of New York in New York City that confers a Master of Arts degree in journalism....
, a law school
City University of New York School of Law

The City University of New York School of Law is a Law school in the United States operated by the City University of New York . Although adjacent to Queens College, New York in Flushing, Queens, Queens, New York, it is administratively separate....
 and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is a seven-year medical program that was established at The City College of the City University of New York in Education in New York City....
. More than 450,000 degree-credit, adult, continuing and professional education students are enrolled at campuses located in all five New York City boroughs.

CUNY is the third-largest university system, in terms of enrollment, in the United States, behind the State University of New York
State University of New York

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, with a total enrollment of 438,361 students, plus 1.1 million adult education students spanning 64...
 (SUNY) and California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 systems. CUNY and SUNY are separate and independent university systems, although both are public institutions which receive funding from New York State.






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Not to be confused with New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
 formerly known as the University of the City of New York.
For similar uses see University of New York
University of New York

There is no institution of higher education in the New York or the United States of America that bears the name University of New York. However, in confusion, it is possible that such a reference may regard the following:...


The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym ), is the public university system
University system

A university system is a set of multiple, affiliated universities and colleges that are usually geographically distributed. Typically, all member universities in a university system share a common component among all of their various names....
 of New York City
Education in New York City

Education in New York City is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the New York City Department of Education, is the largest in the United States, and New York is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the world....
. It is the largest urban university in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, consisting of 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, a doctorate-granting graduate school
CUNY Graduate Center

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York is the sole doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York....
, a journalism school
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism is a public graduate school of the City University of New York in New York City that confers a Master of Arts degree in journalism....
, a law school
City University of New York School of Law

The City University of New York School of Law is a Law school in the United States operated by the City University of New York . Although adjacent to Queens College, New York in Flushing, Queens, Queens, New York, it is administratively separate....
 and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is a seven-year medical program that was established at The City College of the City University of New York in Education in New York City....
. More than 450,000 degree-credit, adult, continuing and professional education students are enrolled at campuses located in all five New York City boroughs.

CUNY is the third-largest university system, in terms of enrollment, in the United States, behind the State University of New York
State University of New York

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the world, with a total enrollment of 438,361 students, plus 1.1 million adult education students spanning 64...
 (SUNY) and California State University
California State University

The California State University is one of three public higher education systems in the U.S. state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system....
 systems. CUNY and SUNY are separate and independent university systems, although both are public institutions which receive funding from New York State. CUNY, however, is additionally funded by the City of New York.

History


CUNY's history dates back to the formation of the Free Academy in 1847 by Townsend Harris
Townsend Harris

Townsend Harris was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the "Harris Treaty" between the U.S....
. The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the …city and county of New York." The Free Academy
City College of New York

The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning....
 later became the City College of New York, the oldest institution among the CUNY colleges. From this grew a system of seven senior colleges, four hybrid schools, six community colleges, as well as graduate schools and professional programs. CUNY was established in 1961 as the umbrella institution encompassing the municipal colleges and a new graduate school.

CUNY has historically served a diverse student body, especially those excluded from or unable to afford private universities. CUNY offered a high quality, tuition-free education to the poor, the working class and the immigrants of New York City until 1975, when the City's fiscal crisis forced the imposition of tuition. Many Jewish academics and intellectuals studied and taught at CUNY in the post-World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 era when Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 universities, such as Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
, discriminated against Jews. The City College of New York has had a reputation of being "the Harvard of the proletariat."

Over its history, CUNY and its colleges, especially CCNY, have been involved in various political movements. It was known as a hotbed of socialistic support in the earlier 20th century. CUNY also lent some support to various conferences, such as the Socialist Scholars Conference.

CUNY's tradition of diversity continues today, with much of its student body new immigrants to New York City, representing 172 countries.

Open admissions and remedial education

Demand in the United States for higher education rapidly grew each decade after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 into the 1970s. The increased demand for limited college slots had the effect in New York City of increasing the competitiveness of the city's system of higher education. By the end of the 1960s, admission to CUNY's flagship City College had become highly competitive. Toward the end of the 1960s CUNY’s Board of Trustees, influenced by the civil rights movement, implemented a ground-breaking new admissions policy. The doors to CUNY were opened wide to all those demanding entrance, assuring all high school graduates, despite possible inadequacies of preparation, entrance to the University. This policy was known as "open admissions." Remedial education, to supplement the training of under-prepared students, became a significant part of CUNY's offerings.

The effect was instantaneous and dramatic. Whereas 20,000 freshmen had matriculated in one CUNY institution or another in 1969, more than 35,000 showed up for registration in the fall of 1970. Forty percent of these newcomers to the senior colleges were open-admissions students. The proportion of black and Hispanic students in the entering class nearly tripled.

Facing a fiscal crisis in 1975, the City imposed tuition on CUNY in that year. Middle-class students who had flocked to CUNY because it offered a cost-free alternative to the state university or a private college no longer had a reason to prefer it. Their enrollment at CUNY dropped precipitously and CUNY faced declines in enrollment through the 1980s and into the 1990s.

The end of open admissions

CUNY's prestige also declined in the 1970s and 1980s. Under a new chancellor, Matthew Goldstein
Matthew Goldstein

Matthew Goldstein is the current chancellor of the City University of New York . He was appointed Chancellor effective September 1, 1999. Dr. Goldstein is the first City University graduate to head the University, having received his undergraduate degree from City College....
, and facing pressure from Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, CUNY ended its open admissions policy to the University's four-year colleges in 1999. Critics had cautioned that the policy change could lead to a drop in enrollment of minority students at CUNY's four-year institutions.

CUNY officials reported that enrollment at its senior colleges increased 10.5% from 1999 to 2002, however. Mean SAT scores of admitted freshmen also rose. CUNY reported that the number of African-American students at its senior colleges had increased in the same time period, while changes in the proportions of other ethnic groups were "minimal." The University reported that two-thirds of its entering class were minority students.

CUNY students who are not directly admitted to the senior colleges because they do not meet academic admissions standards can choose to enroll in an associate degree program at one of CUNY’s community colleges, take part in "immersion" programs offered in the summer and winter months, find public or private tutoring, or participate in the one-semester "Prelude to Success" program taught by community college faculty at senior colleges. The graduates of the community college programs then earn admission to the senior colleges.

Structure


The City University is governed by the Board of Trustees composed of 17 members, ten of whom are appointed by the Governor of New York "with the advice and consent of the senate," and five by the Mayor of New York City "with the advice and consent of the senate." The final two trustees are ex-officio members. One is the chair of the university's student senate, and the other is non-voting and is the chair of the university's faculty senate. Both the mayoral and gubernatorial appointments to the CUNY Board are required to include at least one resident of each of New York City's five boroughs. Trustees serve seven-year terms, which are renewable for another seven years. College presidents report directly to the Board. The Chancellor is voted upon by the Board of Trustees, and is the "chief educational and administrative officer" of the City University.

Unlike some state college systems, CUNY in its early years did not operate as a central authority to the colleges. The central administration had limited power over the colleges. This is partly because most of the senior colleges (namely Brooklyn, Hunter, Queens, and City) predate CUNY and were thus established by mandate of the New York State Legislature, which has institutionalized the autonomy of the colleges. Veteran college presidents and faculty had typically viewed CUNY as a loose confederation of individual colleges rather than a unified university system. Nevertheless, in recent years and at the behest of the Governor and the Mayor, the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor have, through the power of the purse, succeeded in weakening the college presidents and faculty and consolidating executive powers to themselves.

Colleges


CUNY consists of three different types of institutions: senior colleges, which grant bachelor's degrees and occasionally master's and associates degrees; community colleges, which grant associate's degrees; and graduate/professional schools. CUNY's Law School grants Juris Doctor (J.D.) degrees, and Ph.D. degrees are awarded only by the CUNY Graduate Center.

The colleges are listed below, with establishment dates in parentheses.

Senior colleges

  • (1847) City College
    City College of New York

    The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning....
  • (1870) Hunter College
    Hunter College

    Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , located on Manhattan's Upper East Side....
  • (1919) Baruch College
    Baruch College

    Bernard M. Baruch College, known more commonly as Baruch College is a public university and one of the constituent colleges comprising the City University of New York ....
     (as City College’s School of Business and Civic Administration, renamed in 1953 to honor Bernard M. Baruch)
  • (1930) Brooklyn College
    Brooklyn College

    Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New York ....
  • (1937) Queens College (formed by the merger of Hunter and City Colleges' Queens campuses)
  • (1946) New York City College of Technology
    New York City College of Technology

    New York City College of Technology , called New York City Technical College prior to 2002 and nicknamed City Tech, is the largest four-year public college of technology in the northeastern United States, and one of four colleges within the City University of New York system to grant within the same institution both associate's d...
  • (1955) College of Staten Island
    College of Staten Island

    The College of Staten Island is a four-year, senior college of The City University of New York and is one of the 11 senior colleges of The City University of New York ....
  • (1964) John Jay College of Criminal Justice
    John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    File:Jay-schoo.jpgThe John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a senior college of the City University of New York in midtown, Manhattan, New York, New York and is the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice focus in the United States....
  • (1966) York College
    York College, City University of New York

    York College of The City University of New York is one of several senior colleges in the City University of New York system. It is located in Jamaica section in the borough of Queens, New York in New York, New York....
  • (1968) Lehman College
    Lehman College

    Lehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the The Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968....
     (from (1931) Lehman was the Bronx branch of Hunter College, known as Hunter-in-the-Bronx)
  • (1970) Medgar Evers College
    Medgar Evers College

    Medgar Evers College is a college campus of The City University of New York.MEC was founded in 1970 through cooperation from educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn....


Community colleges

  • (1957) Bronx Community College
    Bronx Community College

    The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system located in the University Heights, Bronx neighborhood of The Bronx....
  • (1958) Queensborough Community College
    Queensborough Community College

    Not to be confused with Queens College, City University of New YorkQueensborough Community College , is one of six community colleges within the City University of New York system....
  • (1963) Borough of Manhattan Community College
    Borough of Manhattan Community College

    Founded in 1963, Borough of Manhattan Community College, or BMCC is one of six two-year colleges within the City University of New York system and the only one in Manhattan....
  • (1963) Kingsborough Community College
    Kingsborough Community College

    Kingsborough Community College, part of the City University of New York system, is the only community college in Brooklyn, New York. The campus is located at the eastern end of the Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn peninsula....
  • (1968) LaGuardia Community College
    LaGuardia Community College

    LaGuardia Community College is a CUNY community college located in Long Island City in Queens, New York. It is named for former New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia....
  • (1970) Hostos Community College
    Hostos Community College

    Eugenio Mar?a de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York system. Located in the Bronx, New York City, Hostos Community College was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican American community who...


Graduate and professional schools

  • (1961) CUNY Graduate Center
    CUNY Graduate Center

    The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York is the sole doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York....
  • (1973) Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
    Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

    The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is a seven-year medical program that was established at The City College of the City University of New York in Education in New York City....
  • (1983) CUNY School of Law
  • (2005) William E. Macaualay Honors College
  • (2006) CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
    CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

    The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism is a public graduate school of the City University of New York in New York City that confers a Master of Arts degree in journalism....
  • (2006) CUNY School of Professional Studies
  • (2008) CUNY School of Public Health


Programs


Programs hold an institutional level below that of a college within the CUNY system.

CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies

The CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies, also commonly known as the CUNY Baccalaureate Program or simply CUNY BA was founded in 1971. It is an individualized, University-wide degree where highly motivated, academically superior students work one-on-one with faculty mentors to design their own fields of study. The Program exists to give students an opportunity to pursue a course of study that may not exist within the current framework of CUNY. Part of the eligibility criteria includes demonstrating a desire and plan to pursue an area of concentration (like a major) that transcends the traditional college offerings. Students have created areas of concentration ranging from "20th Century American Literature" and "Adaptive Physical Education for Vulnerable Populations," to "World Politics and Social Change" and "Zoological Photography." Students must enroll in one of the CUNY colleges in order to participate; they then have access to courses and opportunities throughout the University. Additional admissions criteria include having completed at least 15 college credits with a 2.50 GPA or higher. The average GPA for admission is typically about 3.25, which means that a large portion of students enter with GPAs of 3.8 and higher. Given the rigorous admission process it is not surprising that CUNY BA boasts a 70% graduation rate within an average of 2.2 years and that 60% graduate with academic honors.

William E. Macaulay Honors College

The brainchild of CUNY chancellor Matthew Goldstein, CUNY Honors College was to be an independent institution within the university. However, support for existing honors programs at CUNY colleges and institutional opposition resulted in it being downgraded to a program. Now known as The Macaulay Honors College University Scholars Program, it graduated its first class in 2005, attracting students with a mean high school GPA of 93.5 and SAT scores of 1365 for the Class of 2009.

In July 2006 Dr. Ann Kirschner
Ann Kirschner

Ann Kirschner is an United States academic, entrepreneur, and author, who started nfl.com and was the former head of Columbia University's Fathom....
 was appointed Dean of William E. Macaulay Honors College
William E. Macaulay Honors College

William E. Macaulay Honors College, commonly referred to as Macaulay Honors College, or simply Macaulay, is a flagship program for 1,300 high achieving students at The City University of New York, U.S.A.....
 after a nationwide search. The standards of the Honors College continued to rise as well, with incoming freshmen having an average of 93.8 and SAT scores of 1381. Graduating high school students with Ivy League
Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of university in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group....
 caliber academic records have given the Honors College a closer look as a result, and this has had a trickle-down effect in improving the image of CUNY as a whole, which prior to the inception of the HC had been criticized as 'an institution adrift' by the Giuliani administration.

As an incentive to students, University Scholars receive a free tuition, a laptop, a "cultural passport" that offers free or reduced-admission to various cultural institutions and venues in New York City, and a $7500 expense account that may be used for research and/or study abroad. Unlike honors programs at individual CUNY colleges, Macaulay Honors College students must be accepted into and begin the program as freshmen. They currently study at one of the participating senior CUNY colleges (Queens, Hunter, Staten Island, Lehman, Baruch, Brooklyn, and City), as well as taking part in cross-campus activities and programs. Institutional barriers that would allow cross campus enrollment in academic programs have not yet been eliminated.

In September 2006, The City University of New York received a $30,000,000 gift from philanthropist and City College
City College of New York

The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning....
 alumnus, William E. Macaulay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Reserve Corporation
First Reserve Corporation

First Reserve Corporation is a private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and growth capital investments in the energy industry . First Reserve was founded in 1984 and is the oldest private equity dedicated to investments in the energy sector.....
. It is the largest single donation in the history of CUNY and has been used to buy a landmark building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that is to become the permanent home of the Honors College, and will add support to its endowment.

Public Safety

CUNY has its own police force that's duties are to protect and serve all students and faculty members, and enforce all state and city laws at all of CUNY's universities. The force currently has more than 600 officers, making it one of the largest police forces in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
.

City University Television (CUNY TV)

CUNY also has a cable TV service, CUNY TV
CUNY TV

CUNY TV is a non-commercial cable station in New York City, part of The City University of New York's university system. It provides tele-course programming varying from mathematics, physics and biology to history, art and social studies....
 (channel 75 on Time Warner
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable is an American national cable television company that operates in 27 states and has 31 operating divisions. Its corporate headquarters are located in Stamford, Connecticut, and has other corporate offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Herndon, Virginia; and Denver, Colorado....
) which airs telecourses which show tapes of freshman level survey courses in psychology, physics, statistics, and geography, among others. CUNY TV
CUNY TV

CUNY TV is a non-commercial cable station in New York City, part of The City University of New York's university system. It provides tele-course programming varying from mathematics, physics and biology to history, art and social studies....
 also has an extensive schedule of foreign language shows in Spanish, German and French. It also shows many old films and foreign films, especially from Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 in Prof. Jerry Carlson's and City College film studies program's City Cinematheque. In addition, CUNY's flagship magazine-style series Study With the Best highlights University's students, faculty and alumni. They also cablecast public affairs shows like the Baruch College
Baruch College

Bernard M. Baruch College, known more commonly as Baruch College is a public university and one of the constituent colleges comprising the City University of New York ....
's forums as well as Prof. Doug Muzzio's City Talk and former councilwoman Ronnie Eldridge's show Eldridge & Co.. Also Brian Lehrer Live by Brian Lehrer
Brian Lehrer

Brian Lehrer is a radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program, The Brian Lehrer Show, features interviews with newsmakers and experts about current events and social issues....
 is shown live on Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. Michael Stoler's the Stoler Report also airs a lively panel discussion on the state of the Tri-State Real Estate Market. Stoler also does the show Building NY.

Reception

  • The Economist
    The Economist

    The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international relations publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in London....
     wrote positively about Chancellor Goldstein's reforms in an article, , dated January 19, 2006.
  • In a 2007 New York Times
    The New York Times

    The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
     article, it was reported that CUNY was raising its academic admission standards once again.
  • Queens College
    Queens College, City University of New York

    Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York....
     is ranked as one of the "25 Hottest Universities" in the Newsweek
    Newsweek

    Newsweek is an United States weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally....
    /Kaplan 2008 College Guide.


Alumni

The City University of New York boasts some very prominent alumni, whose professions range from politics to medicine.

City College

  • Herman Badillo
    Herman Badillo

    Herman Badillo is a Bronx, New York politician who has been a borough president, United States Representative, and candidate for Mayor of New York City....
     (1951), Civil rights activist and the first Puerto Rican elected to the U.S. Congress
  • Michele Forsten (1976), Co-founder, New York City Lesbian Cancer Support Consortium
  • Abraham Foxman
    Abraham Foxman

    Abraham Foxman is the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League....
    , National director, Anti-Defamation League
  • Felix Frankfurter
    Felix Frankfurter

    Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States....
     (1902), U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  • William Hallett Greene (1884)), First black graduate of City College and first black member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps
  • Guillermo Linares
    Guillermo Linares

    Dr. Guillermo Linares is the Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs of the City of New York. He was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2004....
     (1975), New York City Council member, first Dominican-American City Council member and Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
  • Colin Powell
    Colin Powell

    Colin Luther Powell, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Meritorious Service Decoration, is an American statesman and a former four-star General in the United States Army....
     (1958), Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State
  • Faith Ringgold
    Faith Ringgold

    Faith Ringgold is an African American artist, best known for her painted story quilts....
     (1955), Feminist, writer and artist
  • A. M. Rosenthal
    A. M. Rosenthal

    Abraham Michael "A.M." Rosenthal , born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, was a New York Times executive editor and columnist and New York Daily News columnist ....
     (1949), former executive editor of the New York Times who championed the publication of the Pentagon Papers; Pulitzer prize winning journalist expelled from Poland in 1959 for his reporting on the nation’s government and society
  • Jonas Salk
    Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first safe and effective polio vaccine....
     (1934), Developed the first polio vaccine
  • Daniel Schorr
    Daniel Schorr

    Daniel Louis Schorr is an American journalist who has covered the world for more than 60 years. He is now a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio ....
    , Emmy award winning broadcast journalist for CBS-TV and Naitonal Public Radio

Baruch College

  • ('47) - Founder and chairman of
  • Irwin Engelman ('55) - Director of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc. Director at various other companies
  • ('52) - Founder and principal of
  • Eris Field (’52) - Wife of Lawrence N. Field
  • Marvin Antonowsky (B.B.A. '49, MBA '52) - Media executive
  • Lawrence Zicklin (1957) - Managing principal and chairman of Neuberger Berman
    Neuberger Berman

    Neuberger Berman Inc., through its subsidiaries, primarily Neuberger Berman, LLC, is an investment management firm that provides financial services for high net worth individuals and institutional investors....
     (Now part of Lehman Brothers
    Lehman Brothers

    Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services corporation that, until declaring bankruptcy in 2008, did business in investment banking, Stock and Bond sales, market research and stock trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking....
    )
  • Fernando Ferrer
    Fernando Ferrer

    Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005....
     - New York City mayoral candidate in 2001 and 2005
  • William F. Aldinger III ('69) - Chairman and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings
  • Abraham Briloff (’37, MS, ’41) - Professor of Accounting
  • Robin Byrd
    Robin Byrd

    Robin Byrd is an United States former pornographic actor and the host of The Robin Byrd Show, which has appeared on leased public-access television cable television in New York City for close to thirty years....
    , host of public access program The Robin Byrd Show.
  • Nora McAniff - Co-chief operating officer of Time Inc
  • Nick Kamenoff - Senior Analyst at Barclays Capital, Lehman Brothers, Salomon Smith Barney
  • Bill Mccreary - Broadcaster
  • Michael L. Royce - Executive Director, New York Foundation for the Arts
  • Arthur Ainsberg ('68, MBA ‘72) - Director of Independent Research, Morgan Stanley
    Morgan Stanley

    Morgan Stanley is a global financial services provider headquartered in New York City, New York, United States. It serves a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals....
  • Larry Quinlan - Chief Information Officer, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
  • Bert Mitchell - Chairman and CEO of Mitchell & Titus, LLP
  • JoAnn F. Ryan ('79, MS '83) - President & CEO, ConEdison Solutions
  • Michael I. Roth ('67) - Chairman & CEO, The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc
  • Jaslyn Choo('07)- Chairman & CEO, Centre for Behavioral Science
  • Rahim Alom ('08) - C.E.O. Bad Boy Entertainment
  • Po Sit ('85) - Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Davis Polk & Wardwell

    Davis Polk & Wardwell is an international law firm headquartered in New York. The firm employs more than 700 attorneys and is primarily known for its corporate, litigation and tax practices....
  • Craig A. Stanley
    Craig A. Stanley

    Craig A. Stanley is an United States Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey New Jersey General Assembly from 1996-2008, where represented the New Jersey Legislature#District 28....
     - member of New Jersey General Assembly
    New Jersey General Assembly

    The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.The Assembly consists of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations of 210,359 ....
     since 1996.
  • Marcia A. Karrow
    Marcia A. Karrow

    Marcia A. Karrow is an United States Republican Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey New Jersey State Senate where she represents the New Jersey Legislature#District 23, having taken office on February 9, 2009....
     - member of New Jersey General Assembly
    New Jersey General Assembly

    The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.The Assembly consists of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for a term of two years, each representing districts with average populations of 210,359 ....
  • Dennis Levine
    Dennis Levine

    Dennis Levine was a prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid-1980s. As a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, he was charged with insider trading by then U.S Attorney Rudy Giuliani, eventually leading investigators to the arrest of Ivan Boesky....
     - a prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading
    Insider trading

    Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other security by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company....
     scandals of the mid-1980s
  • Ralph Lauren
    Ralph Lauren

    Ralph Lauren is an United States fashion designer and business executive. He is most notable for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand....
     - Chairman and CEO of Polo Ralph Lauren
    Polo Ralph Lauren

    Polo Ralph Lauren is United States fashion designer Ralph Lauren's luxury lifestyle company. Polo Ralph Lauren specializes in high-end casual/semi-formal wear for men and women, as well as accessories, fragrance, and housewares....
     (dropped out)
  • Dolly Lenz
    Dolly Lenz

    Dolly Lenz is a real estate agent in New York City who since 1997 has sold more business than any other agent in the United States. It is estimated that through 2007 she sold $7 billion in real estate including $$748 million in 2006 -- four times higher than anyone else in the nation....
     - New York City real estate agent
  • Immortal Technique
    Immortal Technique

    Felipe Coronel, better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an United States rapper and political activist. He is of Afro-Peruvian and Indigenous Peruvian descent and was raised in Harlem, New York....
     - hip-hop emcee
  • Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez

    Jennifer Lynn Lopez , popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American Golden Globe-nominated actor, Grammy Award-nominated singer, record producer, dancer, fashion designer and television producer....
     - actress, singer, dancer (dropped out)
  • Tarkan
    Tarkan

    Tarkan Tevetoglu , popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning Germany Turkish people pop music singer. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince Of Pop" by the media....
     - Turkish language singer
  • Burton Kossoff ('46) - Pioneer in packaging, founder of Burton Packaging Company
  • Sidney Harman
    Sidney Harman

    Dr. Sidney Harman , Chairman Emeritus of Harman International Industries, Inc., has been active in education, government, and industry. He served for three years as president of Friends World College, a worldwide, experimental Quaker College, and is the founder and an active member of the Program on Technology, Public Policy, and Human Develo...
     ('39) - Founder and executive chairman of Harman Kardon
    Harman Kardon

    Harman Kardon, a division of Harman International Industries, is a manufacturer of home and car audio equipment. Harman Kardon is based in Woodbury, Nassau County, New York, New York United States....
  • James Lam
    James Lam

    James Lam is a published author and President of James Lam & Associates. His book is Enterprise Risk Management, and he has won many awards pertaining to risk management....
     ('83) - Author and first CRO (Chief Risk Officer)
  • Abraham Beame
    Abraham Beame

    Abraham David "Abe" Beame was mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977. As such, he presided over the city during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s, during which the city was almost forced to declare bankruptcy....
     ('28) - Mayor of New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....

Hunter College

  • Bella Abzug
    Bella Abzug

    Bella Savitsky Abzug was an United States Congresswoman and a leader of the women's movement. She famously said "This woman?s place is in the House—the United States House of Representatives" in her successful 1970 campaign to join that body....
     (1942), Feminist; political activist; U.S. Representative, 1971–1977
  • Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick
    Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick

    Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick is an associate judge on the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state of New York.She is a 1963 graduate of Hunter College and a 1967 graduate of St....
     (1963), First Hispanic woman named to the New York State Court of Appeals
  • Robert R. Davila
    Robert R. Davila

    Dr. Robert Davila is the ninth president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard of hearing students....
     (1965), President of Gallaudet University and advocate for the rights of the hearing impaired
  • Ruby Dee
    Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee is an Academy Award nominated American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activism....
     (1945), Emmy-nominated actress and civil rights activist
  • Debra Fraser-Howze, President/CEO, National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
  • Martin Garbus
    Martin Garbus

    Martin Garbus is an American attorney who is expert in trial law. He has tried cases throughout the country involving constitutional, criminal, copyright, and intellectual property law....
     (1955), First amendment attorney
  • Florence Howe
    Florence Howe

    Florence Howe, American author, publisher, literary scholar and historian, is a nationally recognised leader of the contemporary feminist movement....
     (1950), founder of women's studies and founder/publisher of the Feminist Press/CUNY
  • Audre Lorde
    Audre Lorde

    Audre Geraldine Lorde was an United States writer, poet and activist....
     (1959), African-American lesbian poet, essayist, educator and activist
  • Soia Mentschikoff
    Soia Mentschikoff

    Soia Mentschikoff was an American lawyer, law professor, and legal scholar, best known for her work in the development and drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code....
     (1934), first woman partner of a major law firm; first woman elected president of the American Association of Law Schools
  • Pauli Murray
    Pauli Murray

    The Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline Murray was an United States civil rights advocate, feminist, lawyer, writer, poet, teacher, and ordained priest....
     (1933), first African-American woman named an Episcopal priest; human rights activist; lawyer and co-founder of N.O.W


Brooklyn College

  • Bill Baird
    Bill Baird

    William F. "Bill" Baird is the founder of the Pro Choice League. Baird established the nation?s first abortion referral center and the first birth control and abortion center on a college campus....
     (1955), reproductive rights activist and co-director of the Pro Choice League
  • Barbara Levy Boxer (1962), anti-war activist, environmentalist, U.S. Representative, 1982–1993, and U.S. Senator.
  • Shirley Chisholm
    Shirley Chisholm

    Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was a African-United States politician, educator, and author. She was a United States Congress, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983....
     (1946), first African- American U.S. Congresswoman, 1968–1982. Candidate for president, 1972.


See also

  • Education in New York City
    Education in New York City

    Education in New York City is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the New York City Department of Education, is the largest in the United States, and New York is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the world....
  • City University of New York Athletic Conference
    City University of New York Athletic Conference

    The City University of New York Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association?s Division III....
  • The William E. Macaualay Honors College


External links

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  • Official website: (faculty labor union)
  • , by Sandra S. Roff, et al.