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BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

535 EAST EIGHTIETH STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021
April 3, 1968

Mr. Albert Vann
Chairman
Bedford-Stuyvesant Coalition on
Educational Needs and Services
c/o Education Affiliate
Granada Hotel
268 Ashland Place
Brooklyn, New York 11217 !
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Dear Mr. Vann:

In accordance with our agreement as reached at the meeting on
March 14, Chairman Chandler and I outlined the major points presented by.
your committee, to the members of the Board of Higher Education at the
Board's regular monthly meeting on March 25. As a first step, the Board
took the following action.

C20 Community College Number Seven: The following statement of
action on Community College Number Seven was noted and resolu-

tions 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 14.

The report includes a statement of the demands, preferences, and
an : 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 Board has taken notice of these expressions.

In order to give further consideration to these views, the fol-
lowing action is taken:

dential search committee for community college seven be expanded
to include the responsibility to plan for the development of and
to activate the college in the central Brooklyn area designated
as Community College Number Seven; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the functions and responsibilities of the presi-

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Jay College of Criminal Justice, Richmond, and York; Community Colleges—Borough of Manhattan, Bronx, Kingsborough, Now York Community

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Mr. Vann

April 3, 1968 Cont

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 desig-
nated by these communities, to participate fully in the continu-
ing deliberations of the committee in planning the development and
the activation of the college. The committee as thus enlarged
shall be authorized to hear and consult with any and all indivi-
duals 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 representa-
tives of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community with whom the committee
met at Board headquarters on March 14, 1968, as to the serise of
this resolution and is directed to meet further as soon as possible
with these and other community representatives to discuss the im-
plementation of this resolution.

The above stated resolutions have given a new mission, and have

markedly expanded the purview of what was formerly the presidential. search

committee.

I believe this action is consistent with the spirit of our dis-

cussions and the informal commitments made to you and your committee.

I have asked Dean Shenker to arrange for a meeting between the

presidential search committee and your committee as soon as possible so that
we can discuss procedures regarding implementation of the Board's resolution.

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Sincerely,

Frederick H. Burkhardt
Chairman
Committee to Seek Presidents

for Community Colleges Seven
and Eight