October 23, 2009
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...
»August 31, 2009
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...
»July 9, 2009
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...
»May 15, 2009
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...
»March 13, 2009
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...
»January 23, 2009
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...
»September 23, 2008
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...
»June 19, 2008
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...
»May 8, 2008
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...
»January 9, 2008
On Dec. 17, 2007, the New York State Commission on Higher Education released its preliminary recommendations to Governor Eliot Spitzer. My colleagues on the commission and I worked diligently to propose bold ideas to reinvigorate serious...
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