CUNY
CUNY stands for City University of New York, the public university system serving New York City.
It encompasses dozens of colleges across the five boroughs, from community colleges to research institutions like City College and the Graduate Center.
CUNY has historically provided affordable higher education to working-class and immigrant New Yorkers: She got her degree at CUNY.
Government-funded higher education institution
- community collegesTwo-year post-secondary institutions
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- campusesUniversity property areas
- chancellorSenior administrative official
trustees · Board of Trustees · administration · enrollment · tuition · admissions · ASAP
America's largest city
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
- QueensEasternmost NYC district
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
Staten Island · urban · subway · commuter campus · metro area · municipal · local · neighborhood
Reasonably priced
- working-classManual laborers as group
- immigrant studentsLearners who relocated from abroad
- open admissionsEnrollment without selectivity
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
upward mobility · accessible · diverse · first-generation · commuter · financial aid · Pell Grant · merit scholarship
Formal courses toward certification
- bachelorUnwed male adult
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- masterAuthority or controller
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
professional schools · law school · medical school · journalism · research · faculty · adjuncts · tenure
A calendar year
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- 1961Early sixties year
- fiscal crisisSevere government money shortage
- master planOverall strategic framework
public university
Government-funded higher education institution
- community collegesTwo-year post-secondary institutions
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- campusesUniversity property areas
chancellor · trustees · Board of Trustees · administration · enrollment · tuition · admissions · ASAP
New York City
America's largest city
Bronx · Staten Island · urban · subway · commuter campus · metro area · municipal · local · neighborhood
affordable
Reasonably priced
- working-classManual laborers as group
- immigrant studentsLearners who relocated from abroad
- open admissionsEnrollment without selectivity
opportunity · upward mobility · accessible · diverse · first-generation · commuter · financial aid · Pell Grant · merit scholarship
degree programs
Formal courses toward certification
doctoral · professional schools · law school · medical school · journalism · research · faculty · adjuncts · tenure · departments
John Jay
1847
A calendar year
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- 1961Early sixties year
- fiscal crisisSevere government money shortage
Manhattan's Ivy League institution
CUNYHarvard
Prestigious Cambridge university
Yale · Princeton · Ivy League · elite universities · Columbia