Counting the Number of Asian Faculty at CUNY
Item
Coll. Pres.
Vice Pres.
Dean
Asso. Dean
Asst. Dean
Administrat
Professor
Asso. Prof
Asst. Prof
Instructor
Lecturer
HED
Adj. Prof.
Adj. Asso Prof
Adj. Asst Prof
Adj. Instruct
Adj. Lecturer
Total
Table 1
Asian Faculty in the Senior Colleges at the City University of New York, 1992
Baruch
era
mo
BROOWOANWAROR OOTO-"0C0
ye)
96
Bklyn
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City
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MOoanaenoowonaoo-oooeo
112
Grad
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Hunter J.Jay Lehmn
N ff
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 0 0
1 1 4
5 3 2
4 0 +
1 1 0
1 0 2
4 4 4
0 0 0
1 1 2
2 2 2
0 0 0
9 49 6
0 61 26
NYC T Queens St. Isl York
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
2 5 3 3
5 8 5 3
5 13 6 2
2 3 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 | 3 4
1 0 0 1
2 5 1 1
2 3 9 2
0 0 0 0
14 27 Py 8
34 75 45 24
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, and Ethnicity, Vol. 1 Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
Table 2
Asian Faculty in the Community Colleges and Central Office
at the City University of New York, 1992
College Pres
Vice President
Dean
Assoc. Dean
Asst. Dean
Administrator
Professor
Assoc. Professor
Asst. Professor
Instructor
Lecturer
Hi Ed. Officer
Adj. Professor
Adj. Asso. Prof
Adj. Asst Prof
Adj. Instructor
Adj. Lecturer
Total
BMCC. Bronx M.Evers Hostos Kingsb
0 0 i) ) 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0) 0 G 0
4 1 6 1 1
4 5 2 2 2
“2 2 3 3 2
0 0 1 1 0
2 1 0 1 1
4 0 1 1 2
2 1 2 9 0
5 2 3 0 1
6 2 3 3 4
0 0 0 ) 0
43 z 3 8 2
72 23 24 20 15
LaG Qnsboro
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 6
3 3
2 2
1 0
4 0
4 1
0 2
1 1
1 3
1 0
23 5
40 23
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, Ethnicity, Fall 1992,
Vol. 1, Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
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Faculty
College Pres
Vice President
Dean
Asso. Dean
Asst Dean
Administrators
Professor
Asso. Professor
Asst. Professor
Instructor
Lecturer
Hi Ed. Officer
Adj. Professor
Adj. Asso. Prof
Adj. Asst Prof.
Adj. Instructor
Adj. Lecturer
Table 3
at the City University of New York by Ethnicity, 1992
White
9
29
55
36
23
104
2,009
1,281
821
84
294
1,145
411
387
998
» £18
3,193
Black Hispanic
6 3
Fj 1
25 12
15 3
9 2
14 4
127 71
159 75
200 98
41 29
149 66
479 a |
48 16
70 26
189 83
13 5
649 324
*Excludes small number of Native Americans
Asian
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Total
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, and Ethnicity,
Vol. 1, Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
Pct Asian
—_
NWOARONMAPONNAPWOATOANOO
WONWH-ONANO=A
Vice Pres.
Dean
Asso. Dean
Asst. Dean
Administrat
Professor
Asso. Prof
Asst. Prof
Instructor
Lecturer
HED
Adj. Prof.
Adj. Asso Prof
Adj. Asst Prof
Adj. Instruct
Adj. Lecturer
Total
Table 1
Asian Faculty in the Senior Colleges at the City University of New York, 1992
Baruch
era
mo
BROOWOANWAROR OOTO-"0C0
ye)
96
Bklyn
QO —-—
NI MONODOWNOWANHOOOCOO
City
—_
fe>) 7 eae
MOoanaenoowonaoo-oooeo
112
Grad
—=-oo0o0o0-Moo0o0-c00 00 0000
Hunter J.Jay Lehmn
N ff
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 0 0
1 1 4
5 3 2
4 0 +
1 1 0
1 0 2
4 4 4
0 0 0
1 1 2
2 2 2
0 0 0
9 49 6
0 61 26
NYC T Queens St. Isl York
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0
2 5 3 3
5 8 5 3
5 13 6 2
2 3 0 0
0 1 0 0
1 | 3 4
1 0 0 1
2 5 1 1
2 3 9 2
0 0 0 0
14 27 Py 8
34 75 45 24
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, and Ethnicity, Vol. 1 Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
Table 2
Asian Faculty in the Community Colleges and Central Office
at the City University of New York, 1992
College Pres
Vice President
Dean
Assoc. Dean
Asst. Dean
Administrator
Professor
Assoc. Professor
Asst. Professor
Instructor
Lecturer
Hi Ed. Officer
Adj. Professor
Adj. Asso. Prof
Adj. Asst Prof
Adj. Instructor
Adj. Lecturer
Total
BMCC. Bronx M.Evers Hostos Kingsb
0 0 i) ) 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0) 0 G 0
4 1 6 1 1
4 5 2 2 2
“2 2 3 3 2
0 0 1 1 0
2 1 0 1 1
4 0 1 1 2
2 1 2 9 0
5 2 3 0 1
6 2 3 3 4
0 0 0 ) 0
43 z 3 8 2
72 23 24 20 15
LaG Qnsboro
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 6
3 3
2 2
1 0
4 0
4 1
0 2
1 1
1 3
1 0
23 5
40 23
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, Ethnicity, Fall 1992,
Vol. 1, Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
Central
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Faculty
College Pres
Vice President
Dean
Asso. Dean
Asst Dean
Administrators
Professor
Asso. Professor
Asst. Professor
Instructor
Lecturer
Hi Ed. Officer
Adj. Professor
Adj. Asso. Prof
Adj. Asst Prof.
Adj. Instructor
Adj. Lecturer
Table 3
at the City University of New York by Ethnicity, 1992
White
9
29
55
36
23
104
2,009
1,281
821
84
294
1,145
411
387
998
» £18
3,193
Black Hispanic
6 3
Fj 1
25 12
15 3
9 2
14 4
127 71
159 75
200 98
41 29
149 66
479 a |
48 16
70 26
189 83
13 5
649 324
*Excludes small number of Native Americans
Asian
|=NNONNWHWNNOWNOO
(ee)
ye} On-o-$"OND
o>
Total
Source: Affirmative Action Summary Data by College, Sex, and Ethnicity,
Vol. 1, Instructional Staff
Compiled by Betty Lee Sung
Pct Asian
—_
NWOARONMAPONNAPWOATOANOO
WONWH-ONANO=A
Title
Counting the Number of Asian Faculty at CUNY
Description
These tables were compiled by Dr. Betty Lee Sung, who taught the first courses in Asian American studies at CUNY in 1970 in the City College Asian Studies Department. They indicate the racial demographics of faculty, with special attention to the number of Asian faculty, in the senior colleges, community colleges, and central office at CUNY in the Fall of 1992.
Dr. Betty Lee Sung laid the foundation for Asian American studies at CUNY and remained at the college until her retirement in 1992, which effectively ended the Asian American studies presence within the Asian Studies departmental curriculum at CCNY. In 2016, the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY, which Sung also co-founded, together with the CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative, an ad hoc initiative established to address the lack of Asian Pacific American (APA) representation in leadership roles at CUNY, published a report titled "Asian American Leadership in CUNY and Higher Education." Notably, the report found there were no APAs at the highest levels of leadership at CUNY and that APAs constituted only 12.8% of full-time faculty. Taken together with Sung's research from 1992, the report identifies a lack of diversity in leadership as a deeply structural issue at CUNY.
The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
Dr. Betty Lee Sung laid the foundation for Asian American studies at CUNY and remained at the college until her retirement in 1992, which effectively ended the Asian American studies presence within the Asian Studies departmental curriculum at CCNY. In 2016, the Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY, which Sung also co-founded, together with the CUNY Asian American Leadership Initiative, an ad hoc initiative established to address the lack of Asian Pacific American (APA) representation in leadership roles at CUNY, published a report titled "Asian American Leadership in CUNY and Higher Education." Notably, the report found there were no APAs at the highest levels of leadership at CUNY and that APAs constituted only 12.8% of full-time faculty. Taken together with Sung's research from 1992, the report identifies a lack of diversity in leadership as a deeply structural issue at CUNY.
The Hunter College Asian American Studies Program (AASP) was established in 1993. As the only academic program in Asian American studies in the CUNY system, the AASP offers a minor in Asian American Studies and other resources and programming. The AASP supports scholars, artists, and activists advancing scholarship in the fields of Asian American studies and critical ethnic studies and serves as a resource for New York City's Asian American communities. In 2006, the program was at risk of being cut due to a lack of funding. Students formed the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter (CRAASH) and saved the program within a year. CRAASH is now a student-run club that continues to advocate for the AASP.
Contributor
Hunter College Asian American Studies Program
Creator
Sung, Betty Lee
Date
1992 (Circa)
Language
English
Publisher
Sung, Betty Lee
Rights
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Source
Hunter College Asian American Studies Program
Original Format
Report / Paper / Proposal
Sung, Betty Lee. Letter. 1992. “Counting the Number of Asian Faculty at CUNY”, 1992, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1508