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University Affirmative Action Trends Introduction In
1970, The City University of New York (CUNY) opened its doors to all New York
City high school graduates. This open admissions policy was designed to
increase enrollment from the City's "minority population". It was
these policies that led to an influx of Italian American students at CUNY.
Simultaneously, the Italian American faculty and staff expressed
dissatisfaction with its own small numbers of professionals available to
address the unique needs of these students. In addition, Italian American
faculty and staff were increasingly reporting professional and personal
experiences of "discrimination" with respect to promotion and
hiring practices within CUNY. As
a result of this situation, on December 9, 1976 Chancellor Robert J. Kibbee
issued a directive in a memorandum to the CUNY Council of Presidents,
formally designating Italian Americans an Affirmative Action category. The Calandra Italian American
Institute graphically summarizes the annual Affirmative Action Data by
College, Ethnicity, and Gender (Volume I: Instructional Staff) prepared by
the University Affirmative Action Office, Office of Faculty and Staff
Relations of The City University of New York. The attached graphs from 1978
to 2003 summarizes Italian Americans, federal protected classes, and white
(non-Italian American) in the total instructional staff, faculty, Higher
Education Officers and Executives and Deans. These summaries are distributed to CUNY Trustees, College
Presidents, Affirmative Action Officers and interested faculty and staff for
ascertaining the progress of Italian American hiring and promotions in the
University. The data on Italian-American
faculty and staff has been collected annually since 1977, with the first
reliable database compiled in 1978.
The following graphs provide a historical trend of the percentage
representation of all faculty and staff including White
(non-Italian-American), Federal Affirmative Action Groups (Hispanic, Black,
Asian/Pacific Islander) and Italian-American in all teaching faculty staff
positions from 1978 to 2003. The
freely
available Adobe Acrobat reader is required to view and print PDF files. Summary Report: Summary Data: University Summary Graduate School and
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Criminal Justice New York City
Technical College CUNY School of Law
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Manhattan Community College Kingsborough
Community College Queensborough
Community College Appendix: Notification of Policy Italian
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