Higher Ed

Labor

The New School and Part-Time Faculty Go Into Mediation as Strike Enters Third Week

Dec. 2, 2022, 2:31 p.m.Dec. 2, 2022, 4:41 p.m.

President warns paychecks will cease for instructors at Village home to Parsons and famed liberal arts programs.

The Bronx

Students Hangry at CUNY Cafeteria Still Shut Two Years After Return to Class

Dec. 1, 2022, 4:55 a.m.Dec. 1, 2022, 2:12 p.m.

Hostos Community College students are entering their second year of in-person classes. But they still have to go off-campus for food.

Manhattan

Columbia Gives 50-Year-Old Preschool the Boot

Oct. 3, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 3, 2022, 12:45 p.m.

“This is a return to the worst behavior of the university who thinks they don’t live with us, they live above us,” one local official charged as Columbia said it had given the school ample notice its time was up.

Education

NYC High School Graduation Rates Up as State Requirements Lowered

Feb. 16, 2022, 5:58 p.m.Feb. 28, 2022, 1:09 p.m.

Graduation rates in New York City ticked up to 81% last school year, about 2 percentage points higher than the previous year.

Higher Ed

CUNY’s STEM Graduates Nearly Double in a Decade but Disparities Persist, Study Finds

Nov. 24, 2020, 10:00 a.m.Nov. 24, 2020, 11:31 a.m.

The City University of New York is making enormous strides in preparing students in science, tech, engineering and math, the Center for an Urban Future finds, with more homework to do in getting Black and Hispanic grads in the fields.

Higher Ed

FIT’s Offer of Free Temporary Housing to Laid-Off Workers Isn’t Actually Free

Nov. 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m.Nov. 15, 2020, 5:02 p.m.

Soon-to-be-unemployed dorm workers facing decision deadline say they’re not sure they can afford to accept the state college’s offer meant to ease the pain of a Manhattan pandemic pushout.

Manhattan

In Reversal, Fashion Institute of Technology Offers Temporary Housing to Laid-Off Dormitory Staffers

Oct. 27, 2020, 9:07 p.m.Oct. 28, 2020, 2:17 p.m.

At the State University of New York campus in Manhattan, 13 FIT residence hall employees will have a place to call home through at least May, even after they lose their jobs next month.

Higher Ed

FIT Layoffs to Leave Dorm Staffers Without Homes or Jobs as President Keeps Penthouse

Oct. 23, 2020, 6:57 p.m.Oct. 23, 2020, 9:07 p.m.

Cutbacks at the Manhattan SUNY design school will force 13 workers out of housing by year’s end. Meanwhile, college chief Joyce Brown remains in a full-floor 4,000-square-foot-plus apartment atop a now-empty residence hall.