Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, June 24, 2013 83 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HELD JUNE 24, 2013 AT BARUCH COLLEGE VERTICAL CAMPUS 55 LEXINGTON AVENUE – BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN The Chairperson called the meeting to order at 4:29 P.M. There were present: Benno Schmidt, Chairperson Philip Alfonso Berry, Vice Chairperson Valerie Lancaster Beal Brian D. Obergfell Wellington Z. Chen Peter S. Pantaleo Rita DiMartino Kathleen M. Pesile Freida D. Foster Carol A. Robles-Roman Judah Gribetz Charles A. Shorter Joseph J. Lhota Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld Hugo M. Morales Kafui K. Kouakou, ex officio Frederick P. Schaffer, General Counsel and Senior Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs Jay Hershenson, Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Secretary of the Board Hourig Messerlian, Deputy to the Secretary Towanda Lewis Steven Quinn Anthony Vargas Doris Wang Chancellor Matthew Goldstein President Jennifer Raab EVC and University Provost Alexandra Logue President Felix V. Matos Rodriguez Executive Vice Chancellor and C.O.O. Allan H. Dobrin President Jeremy Travis President Diane Bova Call President Mitchel Wallerstein President Lisa S. Coico Dean Michelle Anderson President Ricardo R. Fernandez Dean Stephen Shepard Interim President William J. Fritz Senior Vice Chancellor Marc V. Shaw President Karen L. Gould Vice Chancellor Frank D. Sánchez President Russell K. Hotzler Vice Chancellor Pamela Silverblatt President Carole Berotte Joseph Vice Chancellor Gillian Small President Marcia V. Keizs Vice Chancellor Gloriana Waters President William P. Kelly Vice Chancellor Iris Weinshall President Gail O. Mellow Associate Vice Chancellor Matthew Sapienza President James L. Muyskens Senior University Dean John Mogulescu President Antonio Pérez RF President Richard F. Rothbard President Regina Peruggi The absence of Trustee Terrence F. Martell was excused. 84 Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, June 24, 2013 Chairperson Benno Schmidt called the meeting to order, and stated that the Board will go into Executive Session to discuss personnel matters after the conclusion of the Public meeting. The Board will then reconvene in Public Session following Executive Session. He read the following notice into the record of the meeting: “The meetings of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York are open to the public, and the Board welcomes the interest of those who attend. The public has ample opportunity to communicate with the Board. Public hearings on the Board’s policy calendar are scheduled one week prior to the Board’s regular meetings and members of the public who wish to communicate with the Board are invited to express their views at such public hearings. Furthermore, the Board holds additional public hearings each year in all of the five boroughs at which members of the public may also speak. In addition, written communications to the Board are distributed to all Trustees. The Board must carry out the functions assigned to it by law and therefore will not tolerate conduct by members of the public that disrupts its meetings. In the event of disruptions, including noise which interferes with Board discussion, after appropriate warning, the Chairman will ask the security staff to remove persons engaging in disruptive conduct. The University may seek disciplinary and/or criminal sanctions against persons who engage in conduct that violates the University’s rules or State laws which prohibit interference with the work of public bodies.” A. VIDEOTAPING OF BOARD MEETING: Chairperson Schmidt announced that as usual CUNY-TV is making available this important community service by transmitting the Public Session of this afternoon’s meeting of the Board of Trustees live on cable Channel 75. The meeting is also being webcast live and can be accessed by going to www.cuny.edu. The Public Session of this afternoon’s Board meeting will be available as a podcast within 24 hours and can be accessed through the CUNY website. Chairperson Schmidt stated that on behalf of all the members of the Board, he would like to welcome Graduate School and University Center Interim President-Designate Chase F. Robinson and Kingsborough Community College Interim President-Designate Stuart Suss. Thank you both for your service to the University and for your new role on behalf of these important CUNY institutions. Chairperson Schmidt announced that tonight is a very special occasion in the life of the University. Almost fourteen years ago on July 22, 1999 the CUNY Board of Trustees approved Dr. Matthew Goldstein as Chancellor. It is virtually impossible to effectively chronicle all of his many accomplishments and achievements in one resolution, but let me give it a try! Upon motions duly made, seconded and carried, the following resolutions were adopted: (Calendar Nos. 9 through 12) NO. 9. RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION - CHANCELLOR MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN: WHEREAS, Matthew Goldstein, a mathematician/statistician and highly regarded administrator, was appointed chancellor of The City University of New York in 1999, becoming the first CUNY graduate (City College of New York, 1963) to lead the University, having previously held the positions of president of Baruch College, president of the CUNY Research Foundation, and president of Adelphi University; and WHEREAS, Prior to Chancellor Goldstein’s appointment, a mayoral task force on The City University of New York, calling the University “an institution adrift,” recommended the creation of clear standards, assessment methods, accountability policies, and university-wide integration, and Chancellor Goldstein began his tenure with a series of crucial reforms to elevate CUNY’s academic profile and maintain its historic mission of access, including raising admission standards for the senior colleges, implementing standardized assessment measures, launching a faculty Board of Trustees Minutes of Proceedings, June 24, 2013 85 hiring initiative, strengthening partnerships with the New York City Department of Education, and establishing accountability measures, most notably through the Performance Management Process; and WHEREAS, The result of a University-wide emphasis on high standards and academic rigor has been record enrollments (more than 270,000 degree-seeking students and 220,000 individuals in adult and continuing education), the hiring of nearly 2,000 new full-time faculty members, increased graduation rates, and more and more high- achieving students coming to CUNY, as demonstrated by the rise in average SAT scores of admitted students and the proliferation of CUNY students winning nationally competitive student awards, including Rhodes, Truman, and Marshall scholarships; and WHEREAS, Today CUNY has among the most comprehensive programs of K-12 collaborations of any university in the country in order to enhance student preparation, including the College Now program, the nation’s largest dual enrollment program, with 20,000 public-school students participating annually, as well as three specialized high schools and 14 early college high schools, and more public-school students choosing CUNY than ever before, with seven of 10 of the University’s first-time freshmen having graduated from a NYC public high school; and WHEREAS, Chancellor Goldstein’s vision also included the creation of new schools and colleges within CUNY, including the acclaimed William E. Macaulay Honors College, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Public Health, and, most recently, a new community college, the first in New York City in more than 40 years, now named Stella and Charles Guttman Community College; and WHEREAS, Chancellor Goldstein has also emphasized the importance of research and study in the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) through the launch of the Decade of Science initiative, which focuses on improving student participation and proficiency, enhancing the University’s research capacity, increasing funding to Ph.D. students, upgrading laboratories across campuses, intensifying faculty recruiting efforts, and building and upgrading science facilities, including the new CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, set to open in 2014; and WHEREAS, In order to realize the University’s academic priorities and maintain student access during a time of declining state funding, Chancellor Goldstein developed the “compact” approach to funding, a partnership between government and the University that became the statewide financing model in 2011, when Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature approved historic legislation instituting a five-year tuition plan for CUNY and SUNY, budgetary stability, including maintenance of effort, and the earmarking of revenue back to the University; and WHEREAS, Prior to 1999, the CUNY colleges were raising less than $50 million annually in philanthropic gifts, and in 2004 Chancellor Goldstein initiated CUNY’s first-ever University-wide “Invest in CUNY” fund-raising campaign, which, through the generous support of CUNY alumni, friends, and partners, met its goal of raising $1.2 billion in record time and is now in its second phase, with more than $2.5 billion already raised toward the $3 billion goal; and WHEREAS, Chancellor Goldstein also initiated the creation of a common curricular structure through the “Pathways to Degree Completion” initiative, in order to streamline student transfer, enhance the quality of general education across the University,