BEDFORD-STUYVESANT COALITION ON EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND SERVICES
268 Ashland Place - Room 602 Brooklyn, New York 11217

NEGOTIATION TEAM
Special Meeting
December 3, 1968 - 4:00 p.m.
268 Ashland Place - Room 602

Present: Messrs. Albert Vann, Chairman
Robert Carson
Thomas R. Jones
Jack L. Fannigan
Herman Patterson
Mmes. Ella Sease
Isaura Santiago

The meeting was opened with an announcement by the Chairman
concerning the Luncheon Meeting on Monday, December 2, with Professor Edelstein
and Dean Shenker of the City University and Messrs, Vann and Pannigan, Chairman
and Vice Chairman, respectively, of the Coalition.

The purpose of the meeting was to inform the Coalition that the City
University had changed their drive for a two-year college with four-year programs,
and intended to submit a new Resolution to the Administrative Council of the
Board of Higher Education at their next scheduled meeting on Monday, December 9.
The Resolution asked for a specialized four-year college which weuld combine
two-year programs with Baccalaureate Degrees in professional career fields, and
was being submitted in view of the opinion at the City University that it would
be very difficult to put four-year programs in a two-year junior cellege, which
was the original plan.

Mr. Vann said that Professor Edelstein and Dean Shenker had requested
the meeting, and further requested that, "no public word of this propesal be

distributed or circulated until the Board of Higher Education has had a chance

to consider it."


Minutes ; ue ioe
Negotiation Team - Special Meeting
12/3/68

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The response to the announcement was, "Can we afford to make a
commitment like this without consulting the Steering Committee?" "Are we
entitled to keep this to ourselves on the premise presented by Messrs. Edelstein
and Shenker that to expose it might cause us to lose it?” "Wouta’ it be better
to tell the people that we need a four-year college?" A suggestion was made to
hold an emergency meeting of the Steering Committee in order to get the approval
or disapproval of the community regarding such an important decision. However,
it was discarded in view of the request for no publicity as all members agreed
that it would be a breach of confidence.

After further discussion, it was decided by the Team that the
Chairman should contact Chancellor Bowker to find our more information about
the Resolution; such as 1) who initiated it; and 2) what his. position was on
it. Further, what other members of the Board of Higher Education thought
about the plan. :

A report on this information will be related to the Negotiation Team
for more discussion at the earliest time possible.

Before the meeting was terminated, an evaluation was made of
applicants for the Presidency, whose resumes had been recently received. As
follows: Gilbert Bond - C; Preston Wilcox - B+ ~- it was requested that
additional information be secured from Mr. Wilcox' office concerning his
educational background, the duties involved in his present position and copies
of his writings.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

Je Campbell, Secretary

Albert Vann, Chairman