Since June 2019, the Articulation of Credit Transfer project (ACT) has focused on streamlining the information, advising, and administrative processes concerning how credits from one City University of New York (CUNY) institution transfer to another CUNY institution. This work addresses a critical challenge at CUNY, and indeed, across American…

The problem addressed in this narrative inquiry study was that though transfer high schools' programs were designed to improve at-risk students' academic and future life outcomes there are aspects of the processes that have not been assessed. The purpose of this qualitative narrative inquiry study was to explore the narratives of transfer high…

The purpose of this study was to examine transfer high schools within the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and the instructional cultures developed by their principals. Transfer high schools reengage students who were previously truant and at risk of discontinuing their education. Four NYCDOE transfer high schools were studied…

IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN PREDICTING OR EXPLAINING STUDENT CHOICE, PERFORMANCE, AND PERSISTENCE IN REPRESENTATIVE CAREER PROGRAMS, A TEST BATTERY WAS ADMINISTERED TO ALL ENTERING FRESHMEN AT BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FALL, 1965. GRADE AVERAGES AND SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST SCORES WERE ALSO COMPILED. ANALYSES OF DATA WERE COMPLETED…

TOKEN INTEGRATION IN THE SOUTH HAD ESSENTIALLY THE SAME GOAL THAT MASSIVE RESISTANCE HAD, IT TRIED TO PRESERVE THE ALREADY ESTABLISHED SEGREGATION. THOUGH IT MET THE DEMANDS OF THE SUPREME COURT BY ALLOWING SOME INTEGRATION, IT STILL MAINTAINED DE FACTO SEGREGATION. METHODS OF KEEPING SCHOOL INTEGRATION AT A TOKEN LEVEL INCLUDED PUPIL PLACEMENT…

THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE ETHNIC BALANCE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS OF RACIAL INTEGRATION, WHICH RESULT FROM HOUSING, MOVEMENT OF WHITE POPULATION, GROWTH OF NONPUBLIC EDUCATION, AND THE DIFFERENTIAL RATE OF ETHNIC CHANGE IN THE VARIOUS BOROUGHS, REFLECT A CONDITION OF THE…

Based on the firm conviction that integrated schools are vital to our efforts to provide quality education for all children, the New York City Board of Education has continued to assume a leadership role in developing and supporting programs aimed at reducing minority group isolation. A variety of techniques has been employed: selection of sites…

REVIEWED ARE THE EFFORTS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY. NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION IN MINORITY GROUP AREAS, ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL AND CLASSES, AND NEW ZONING CRITERIA ARE NOTED. THE MOST EFFECTIVE NEW APPROACHES, BOTH AN OUTGROWTH OF THE LARGE INCREASE IN THE NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN COMPOSITION OF THE SCHOOL…

This 1961 report describes the experiences of the United Parents Association (UPA) in two New York City communities facingschool integration. In one case involving the voluntary busing of Negro children from an overcrowded school to an underutilized white school, the entire transfer occurred without incident because of the careful planning and…

PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT IS AN INTERIM EVALUATION OF A NEW YORK CITY PROGRAM TO TRANSFER NINTH-GRADE PUPILS FROM 38 TRUNCATED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS TO ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOLS. AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD A CITY-WIDE SYSTEM OF 4-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE TRANSFER PROGRAM ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE ETHNIC BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO MOTIVATE THE…

THIS EVALUATION OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE FREE CHOICE OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM (OE) IN NEW YORK CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENTS COMPARATIVE DATA FOR 26 RECEIVING AND 15 SENDING ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE AREAS STUDIED WERE (1) CHILDRENS' CLASSROOM FUNCTIONING, (2) TEACHERS' CLASSROOM FUNCTIONING, (3) SCHOOL APPEARANCE, CLIMATE, AND…

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE EVALUATED SUCH EXISTING DESEGREGATION EFFORTS AS OPEN ENROLLMENT, ZONING, THE FREE CHOICE TRANSFER POLICY, FEEDER PATTERN CHANGES, AND PAIRING PROPOSALS. THEY DECIDED THAT DESEGREGATION WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS OTHER MEASURES WERE UNDERTAKEN. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED ESTABLISHING COMPREHENSIVE 4-YEAR HIGH SCHOOLS BUILT…

THIS EVALUATIVE REPORT OF A FREE CHOICE-OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, IN WHICH MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, RECORDED THE RESPONSES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE RECEIVING AND SENDING SCHOOLS. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM WAS BASED ON 2-DAY VISITS TO 63 SCHOOLS TO…

Plaintiffs are students enrolled in Franklin K. Lane High School, and they sue on behalf of all others similarly situated for an adjudication that their school has been so zoned as to make and keep it a segregated school in spite of its location. They moved to enjoin further enforcement of the school's zoning. The board moved for summary judgment.…