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2007 Fall:Winter 2007 “Open the doors to all—let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.” — Townsend Harris, founder cuny.edu/news THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK • FOUNDED 1847 AS THE FREE ACADEMY FALL 2007 New Higher Ed Commission Aims for Dec. 1 Report Inside re New York State’s stu- Higher Education Committee. The com- financial aid; governance of the SUNY PAGE dents prepared to enter and mission is chaired by President Emeritus institutions; and public and community Partnerships That succeed in college? Is finan- Hunter Rawlings of Cornell University. service offerings at the state’s campuses. 2 Educate the Public cial aid reaching the stu- John Reid, assistant secretary of education “The Commission on Higher Education The University is partnering dents most in need? Are for New York State, serves as executive offers a rare opportunity for a statewide with the Daily News, The New the state’s community col- director. conversation on the need for an educated, York Times and others, advis- Alege students able to seamlessly transfer to CUNY is represented on the commis- highly skilled citizenry, by bringing to the ing immigrants who want to four-year institutions? How can universi- sion by Trustee Marc Shaw, Chancellor table issues that deserve fresh thinking and be citizens, telling New ties’ research efforts be enhanced? Matthew Goldstein, President Marcia honest appraisal,” said Chancellor Goldstein. Yorkers how to fund Across the CUNY campuses, such ques- Keizs of York College, President Eduardo Gov. Spitzer has directed the commis- a college education, and tions are commonly asked—and answered- Martí of Queensborough Community sion to make recommendations on all of more. -in a number of ways. College, Distinguished Professor Robert the designated areas, from increasing com- Now, Gov. Eliot Spitzer is asking those Paaswell of City College, and Lauren munity college graduation rates to improv- and other questions, ing college affordability PAGE Women’s Centers and is expecting a by allowing greater flex- 4 Struggle on Campuses statewide commission ibility in tuition pricing. October is Domestic Violence to answer them. The commission will Awareness Month, and In May, the gover- issue preliminary find- women’s centers are nor signed an execu- ings and recommenda- trying to spread the tive order creating a tions by Dec. 1, 2007, to word that, despite Commission on assist the governor and many gains in society, Higher Education for the legislature in the women are still too New York State—the budgeting process. Its often victims of first state commission final report will be sub- abuse on higher education in mitted by June 1, 2008. 30 years—charged The commission met PAGE with recommending twice during the sum- Music as Healer ways to improve the mer—including a meet- 6 of Mideast Wounds quality of higher edu- ing at City College on Our colleges in the borough cation. Aug. 2, 2007—and will of Queens have relative large “Excellence in meet during the academ- numbers of Muslim students, and higher education is a Chancellor Matthew Goldstein (left) and Gov. Eliot Spitzer at meeting this summer on ic year. Members have some professors are exploring key to our state’s the future of community colleges, held at Borough of Manhattan Community College. been divided into com- ways to overcome Middle East future,” said the gover- mittees to facilitate divisions. One new Pakistani- nor in issuing the order. “The new commis- Talerman, a student at Queens College and research and discussion on the issues raised born professor is using music sion will help identify innovative, the Macaulay Honors College. Several by the governor. as a mediator. cutting-edge ideas and necessary improve- senior CUNY administrators are also serv- Chancellor Goldstein chairs the com- ments that will help improve the quality ing as commission staff and consultants. mission’s Tuition/Financial Aid Committee, of education we deliver and make New The governor’s executive order identi- of which Talerman, the Queens College York’s higher educational system a world- fies several areas for review and analysis by student, is a member. Trustee Shaw serves class institution.” the commission, with particular emphasis on the Finance/Capital Committee. The 30-member Commission on Higher on the SUNY and CUNY systems. These President Marti is chair of the Workforce/ Education comprises representatives from areas include public universities’ academic Economic Development Committee, of CUNY, SUNY, private institutions, the standards and performance; access to high- which Professor Paaswell is a member. PAGE regents, government, labor, and business, er education; preparation of New York’s President Keizs serves on the Access/K-12 Hostos Examines including John Clark, SUNY’s interim students for college; the mission of the Partnerships Committee. The last of the 9 Roots of a Nation chancellor, John Sexton, president of NYU, state’s community colleges; the alignment commission’s five committees, For 19 years, Hostos Community Elena Kagan, dean of the Harvard Law of university research with the state’s eco- Governance, is chaired by President College has been sending students, School, State Sen. Kenneth P. LaValle, nomic development objectives; the financ- Emeritus Rawlings. The full executive New York City teachers and others chair of the Senate Higher Education ing of public colleges and universities, order establishing the commission, as well to the Dominican Republic during Committee, and State Assemblywoman including tuition policies; the costs of the governor’s press release, can be found summers. Through a film and a Deborah Glick, chair of the Assembly higher education and the availability of by searching at www.ny.gov. new book, the college illuminates the racial history of the country. Hey, New Yorkers! Look Who’s Teaching and Learning Here! he City University of New York is scholarship that will defray costs of medical tional Gordon Research Conference in July. launching the next phase of a cam- school at the University of Pittsburgh. At Queens College, there is Disting- Tpaign to highlight distin- Smiley started college as a SEEK stu- uished Professor of Psychology Jeffrey guished faculty and their dent. He graduated with a 3.98 GPA. Halperin and student Michelle Bubnik. Among other faculty-student pairs Dr. Halperin’s field of research is identi- award-winning students, PAGE Chancellor Matthew will be Lehman College’s Professor fying the interplay of factors that predict Podcasts: the New Goldstein has announced. Eleanor Wurtzel and student Ratnakar which children will develop Attention 12 Audio Documentaries “Look Who’s Teaching & Vallabhaneni. Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. The University has been creating Learning at CUNY!,” will Dr. Wurtzel’s research at Lehman With a $2 million grant from the a virtual library of podcasts, or feature faculty mentors and their College for 20 years has been funded with National Institute of Mental Health, he and downloadable radio recordings, students such as Professor Charles more than $7 million in grants from the the Queens College Preschool Project con- about students, professors, sports Malerich, who has taught physical chem- National Institutes of Health. It is directed duct evaluations of preschoolers. teams, and issues running the istry at Baruch College for 35 years, and his at solving a global health problem of Bubnik, a senior, began her study of gamut from superstar student Mark Smiley, who gradu- vitamin A deficiency. AD/HD in preschoolers with Dr. Halperin Student Vallabhaneni’s presentation of while she was a student at St. Francis Prep global warming ated this September and won a $50,000-a- to terrorism. year Jack Kent Cooke Foundation his research on plant metabolic engineering high school. She is aiming for a Ph.D. in was voted best by his peers at the interna- neuropsychology. THECHANCELLOR’SDESK Challenges and Opportunities Ahead Public University, Public Service Partnerships Break New Ground three years. N THE FIRST PAGE of this and Our Decade of every issue of CUNY Matters is a Science work Oquote from Townsend Harris, the continues in founder of the University, reminding us of other areas, as CUNY’s mission to “open the doors to all,” well, including with “no distinction save that of industry, ongoing cluster good conduct, and intellect.” As we start a hiring of talent- new academic year 160 years after the ed faculty in fields such as photonics, engi- founding of the Free Academy, those neering, and the biosciences. words are still very much alive at the Last year the University launched its University, guiding new programs and first-ever online degree, the CUNY Online plans for the future of CUNY. Our work Baccalaureate, offering those who wish to over the coming year will further position complete their degrees the ability to earn a the University as a center of educational B.A. in communication and culture fully opportunity for students, faculty, and the online. The Online Baccalaureate enrolled entire community. more than 400 students over the past fall The University is currently developing its and spring semesters, and the program’s 2008-2012 Master Plan, our blueprint for first graduate just received his diploma this academic initiatives and priorities. Guided month. A second online degree, a by input from all the CUNY campuses, the baccalaureate in business, was recently comprehensive plan will be ready for approved by
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