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Over the years, the configuration of the institutions of CUNY has changed. The current College of Staten Island, the largest CUNY school by land area, is the result of a merger between Richmond College (upper-division college founded in 1965) and Staten Island Community College (lower-division college founded in 1955). [13]
Matos Rodriguez returned to New York and CUNY in 2009 to become president of Hostos Community College. Under Matos Rodríguez's leadership, Hostos made gains in both retention and graduation rates. The improvements helped make the college one of 10 national finalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence in 2015.
Lehman College is a public college in New York City.Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, it became an independent college in 1967.The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman, a former New York governor, United States senator, and philanthropist.
Queensborough Community College (QCC) is a public community college in New York City. One of seven community colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system, Queensborough enrolls more than 12,000 attending students [ 3 ] and more than 775 instructional faculty.
CUNY began offering doctoral education through its Division of Graduate Studies in 1961, [12] and awarded its first two PhD to Daniel Robinson and Barbara Stern in 1965. . Robinson, formerly a professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford, received his PhD in psychology, [13] while Stern, late of Rutgers University, received her PhD in English liter
Bay Mills Community College (BMCC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Brimley, Michigan. It is chartered by the federally recognized Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan with a total enrollment of approximately 500 on-campus and online students. [ 1 ]
From 2003-2004 he was elected President of the Student Government representing BMCC of the City University of New York (CUNY). In office, he represented a student population of 26,000. He is the first Chinese-American to take this office since the college's founding in 1963.
Across CUNY, student enrollment ballooned. At John Jay, undergraduates numbered 2,600 in 1969; 4,400 in 1970; 6,700 in 1972; and 8,600 in 1973. The size of the faculty grew by over 200% between 1970 and 1972. [8] Moreover, the policy brought many more "civilian" (non-law enforcement) students to the college.