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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK: An Institution Adrift REPORT OF THE MAYOR’S ADVISORY TASK FORCE ON THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK JUNE 7, 1999 Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., Chairman Herman Badillo Jacqueline V. Brady Heather Mac Donald Manfred Ohrenstein Richard T. Roberts Richard Schwartz I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . 5 II. INTRODUCTION . 11 A. AN INSTITUTION ADRIFT . .11 B. AN ESSENTIAL MISSION . 13 C. CUNY AND THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS . 18 D. A FINAL COMMENT . 19 III. RETHINKING OPEN ADMISSIONS AND REMEDIATION . .21 A. DISCUSSION . 21 1. CUNY’s Incoming Freshmen . 21 2. College-Readiness and Remediation Exit Standards . 26 3. Student Assessment Testing . 26 4. Research, Accountability, and Quality Control . .31 5. Paying for Remediation . 32 6. Costs: Visible and Hidden . 34 B. RECOMMENDATIONS . .35 1. Reinventing Open Admissions . 36 2. Rethinking Remediation’s Place at CUNY . 38 3. Standards of College Readiness and Congruent Remediation Exit Proficiencies . 39 4. Student Assessment Testing . 39 5. Paying for Remediation . 40 6. Competition and Choice of Remediation . .40 IV. CUNY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS . 43 A. DISCUSSION . 44 1. High School Background of CUNY’s Incoming Freshmen . 44 2. Objective, Comprehensive Student Performance Information . ..44 3. Relationship Between K–12 Preparation and the Need for Remediation at CUNY . 44 4. Teacher Education . 47 5. CUNY’s Admissions Policies . 47 B. RECOMMENDATIONS—NYCPS . 49 1. Aligning Standards Across the K–16 Continuum . 49 2. Objective, Comprehensive Student Performance Information . 50 3. Eearly, Effective Intervention . 50 4. English Fluency . 51 5. Ending Social Promotion . 51 6. Expanding Capacity . 51 C. RECOMMENDATIONS—CUNY . 52 1. Clear, Objective Admissions Standards . 52 2. Building on Existing Collaborations . 53 3. Strengthening Teacher Education . 53 V. ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUTCOME ASSESSMENT: CUNY COMPARED . 55 A. DISCUSSION . 55 1. Graduation Rates . 57 2. The Quality of CUNY Degrees . 59 B. RECOMMENDATIONS . .61 VI. CUNYÕS BUDGETING, FUNDING, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT . 67 A. DISCUSSION . 68 1. Budgeting . 68 2. Funding . 68 3. Financial Management . 69 4. Consequences . 69 B. RECOMMENDATIONS . .70 1. Budgeting . 70 2. Funding . 71 3. Financial Management . 71 VII. THE CUNY COLLEGES . 81 A. DISCUSSION . 81 1. Procedural Burdens . 81 2. College Resistance to Central Initiatives. 82 3. Leveling and Anti-Meritocratic Mindset . 83 B. RECOMMENDATIONS . .84 1. Outcome-Based Accountability . 84 2. Commitment to a System That Is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts . 87 3. The Pursuit of Excellence . 87 VIII. CENTRAL GOVERNANCE AT CUNY: THE NEED FOR A FRESH START . 89 A. DISCUSSION . 89 1. Strategic Vacuum . 89 2. Unclear Relationships . ..

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