Minutes of Proceedings, Board of Higher Education Meeting - March 25, 1968
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S-44 ‘ Board of Higher Education
NO. C17. GENERAL DISCUSSION - POLICY PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE BOARD CONSIDERATION: Upon
motion duly made, seconded and carried, the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the minutes of the Board of Higher Education be prepared by the Office of the
Secretary rather than the printed form presently used.
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(Calendar No. C18)
NO. C18. CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY (AIR-RIGHTS): RESOLVED, That
the Board on behalf of Bronx Community College enter into an agreement with the New York
City Transit Authority, with respect to the use of their rights over the site known as
_the IND Division, Concourse Yard, in the Borough of the Bronx, pursuant to Board of Estimate
resolution dated February 8, 1968, Calendar No. 61.
EXPLANATION: On February 8, 1968, the Board of Estimate assigned to the Board of Higher
Education the air rights over the IND Division, Concourse Yard in the Bronx for the use
of Bronx Community College subject to the prior approval of plans and specifications by
the New York City Transit Authority and to an agreement respecting the use of the air space
and the use, construction and maintenance of the structures in and below the air space.
The foregoing resolution will authorize the negotiation and signing of an agreement in
accordance with said Board of Estimate resolution.
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ‘
(Calendar No. C19) My
NO. C19. APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR AND DESIGNATION AS DEAN OF STUDENTS: RESOLVED,
That Dr. John J. Prior be appointed Professor of Student Personnel Administration for the
period August 1, 1968 through June 30, 1969, at an annual salary rate of $16,130 and that
he be designated Dean of Students effective August 1, 1968 with compensation at the rate
of $3,000 per annum for his services as Dean. :
At this. point the Board went into Executive Session.
ADDED ITEM
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the following action was taken in Executive
Session:
: NO. C20. COMMUNITY COLLEGE NUMBER SEVEN: The following statement of action on Community
College Number Seven was noted and resolutions adopted:
The Board has received from Chairman Porter R. Chandler and from its presidential search _
committee for community college seven a comprehensive report on a meeting with representatives
of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community at the Board headquarters on March 14th.
The report includes a statement of the demands, preferences, and concerns of the Bedford-
Stuyvesant community with respect to the proposed new college in-central Brooklyn as set
forth by these representatives of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. (The report mentioned
is on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Board.)
The Board has taken notice of these expressions.
In order to give further consideration to these views, the following action is taken:
Minutes of Proceedinas - March 25, 1968 S-45
ctions and resnonsihilities of the nresidential seach committee for
community colleae seven be expanded to include the responsibility to plan for the develon-
ment of and to activate the colleae in the central Brooklyn area desianated as Community
College Number Seven; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this committee of five is directed by the Board to recognize and to meet
jointly, on a continuing basis, with an equal number of individuals who shall represent the
community or communities to be served by the college, who shall be desianated by these
communities, to participate fully in the continuing deliberations of the committee in
planning the development and the activiation of the colleae, The committee as thus enlaraed
shall be authorized to hear and consult with anv and all individuals and groups in the
communities in question who desire to, and have a claim to be heard on the matters within
_ the competence of this committee; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Board Committee shall advise those renresentatives of the Bedford-
Stuyvesant community with whom the committee met at Board headquarters on March 14, 1968, as
to the sense of this resolution and is directed to meet further as soon as possible with
these and other community representatives to discuss the implementation of this resolution.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
N. MICHAEL CARFORA
Secretary of the Board
SOPRA EEE
S-44 ‘ Board of Higher Education
NO. C17. GENERAL DISCUSSION - POLICY PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE BOARD CONSIDERATION: Upon
motion duly made, seconded and carried, the following resolution was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the minutes of the Board of Higher Education be prepared by the Office of the
Secretary rather than the printed form presently used.
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(Calendar No. C18)
NO. C18. CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY (AIR-RIGHTS): RESOLVED, That
the Board on behalf of Bronx Community College enter into an agreement with the New York
City Transit Authority, with respect to the use of their rights over the site known as
_the IND Division, Concourse Yard, in the Borough of the Bronx, pursuant to Board of Estimate
resolution dated February 8, 1968, Calendar No. 61.
EXPLANATION: On February 8, 1968, the Board of Estimate assigned to the Board of Higher
Education the air rights over the IND Division, Concourse Yard in the Bronx for the use
of Bronx Community College subject to the prior approval of plans and specifications by
the New York City Transit Authority and to an agreement respecting the use of the air space
and the use, construction and maintenance of the structures in and below the air space.
The foregoing resolution will authorize the negotiation and signing of an agreement in
accordance with said Board of Estimate resolution.
QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE ‘
(Calendar No. C19) My
NO. C19. APPOINTMENT OF PROFESSOR AND DESIGNATION AS DEAN OF STUDENTS: RESOLVED,
That Dr. John J. Prior be appointed Professor of Student Personnel Administration for the
period August 1, 1968 through June 30, 1969, at an annual salary rate of $16,130 and that
he be designated Dean of Students effective August 1, 1968 with compensation at the rate
of $3,000 per annum for his services as Dean. :
At this. point the Board went into Executive Session.
ADDED ITEM
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the following action was taken in Executive
Session:
: NO. C20. COMMUNITY COLLEGE NUMBER SEVEN: The following statement of action on Community
College Number Seven was noted and resolutions adopted:
The Board has received from Chairman Porter R. Chandler and from its presidential search _
committee for community college seven a comprehensive report on a meeting with representatives
of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community at the Board headquarters on March 14th.
The report includes a statement of the demands, preferences, and concerns of the Bedford-
Stuyvesant community with respect to the proposed new college in-central Brooklyn as set
forth by these representatives of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. (The report mentioned
is on file in the Office of the Secretary of the Board.)
The Board has taken notice of these expressions.
In order to give further consideration to these views, the following action is taken:
Minutes of Proceedinas - March 25, 1968 S-45
ctions and resnonsihilities of the nresidential seach committee for
community colleae seven be expanded to include the responsibility to plan for the develon-
ment of and to activate the colleae in the central Brooklyn area desianated as Community
College Number Seven; and be it further
RESOLVED, That this committee of five is directed by the Board to recognize and to meet
jointly, on a continuing basis, with an equal number of individuals who shall represent the
community or communities to be served by the college, who shall be desianated by these
communities, to participate fully in the continuing deliberations of the committee in
planning the development and the activiation of the colleae, The committee as thus enlaraed
shall be authorized to hear and consult with anv and all individuals and groups in the
communities in question who desire to, and have a claim to be heard on the matters within
_ the competence of this committee; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Board Committee shall advise those renresentatives of the Bedford-
Stuyvesant community with whom the committee met at Board headquarters on March 14, 1968, as
to the sense of this resolution and is directed to meet further as soon as possible with
these and other community representatives to discuss the implementation of this resolution.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
N. MICHAEL CARFORA
Secretary of the Board
SOPRA EEE
Title
Minutes of Proceedings, Board of Higher Education Meeting - March 25, 1968
Description
As seen in these minutes of the March 25, 1968 meeting, the Board of Higher Education to expanded the responsibility of their presidential search committee for Community College No. Seven to include all matters related to the development and activation of the college. To further help these efforts, the Board declares that five members of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community will serve alongside five members of the Board during the planning and decision making process.
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Tager, Florence
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Carfora, Michael N,
Date
March 25, 1968
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English
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Carfora, Michael N,. Letter. “Minutes of Proceedings, Board of Higher Education Meeting - March 25, 1968.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/340