History of CUNY


I hear lots of students in my school talk about CUNY, but they never mentioned the history of it. I really want to know about how the CUNY formed. The City University of New York( CUNY) is “the public university system of New York City and largest urban university in the United State(“City”)”.

CUNY was organized in 1961(Berrol 234; Gold 332). However, Townsend Harris had formed the Free Academy in 1847, the Free Academy helped to extend the benefits of education gratuitously to students who “in the common schools of the city and country of New York”(“City”). It is the foundation of CUNY.

City College is the first component of CUNY, it is on St. Nicholas Heights, centered on Convent Ave and 138th St (Cooper 330). At the begin of CUNY, there were four schools, City College, Hunter College, Brooklyn College, Queens College (Berrol 234).

The City University of New York is a great university system, it gave thousands of students help, so they can have more opportunities to go college and continuous their study. Even thought the history of CUNY is short, it had made a big influence in the education of New York.

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