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High school partnerships with CUNY campuses
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Council Member Brewer expresses strong support for high school partnerships with CUNY campuses and inquires about current efforts and future plans. CUNY officials provide information on ongoing initiatives and upcoming agreements.
- CUNY is close to signing an updated MOU with larger target numbers for dual enrollment programs
- College Now and Future Ready programs offer career-based courses for high school students
- CUNY is continuously expanding relationships with DOE schools
- Officials are working out the budget breakdown for the new MOU between CUNY and DOE
Gale A. Brewer
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then just finally, I'm a big supporter of Hunter Science and other high schools that work with CUNY.
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How much do you put into that effort, and is this successful, and should you not be doing more?
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I always say that you you know, that those schools are excellent.
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So how are you?
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How many do you have?
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How many do you wanna do more?
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Just give us some budget numbers on those two, please.
Hector Batista
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On which ones?
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I'm sorry.
Gale A. Brewer
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But all the schools have you have many high schools that are on campus or are working.
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In other words, if you go to Hunter
Hector Batista
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Science Uh-huh.
Gale A. Brewer
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Then you get to take college courses at Hunter.
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You get into Hunter often, and you get an excellent education.
Hector Batista
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Yeah.
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So
Gale A. Brewer
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I'm a big supporter of the high schools and the CUNY campuses working together.
Hector Batista
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Yeah.
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So some of those some of the high schools are really DOE's responsibility.
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They're in our campuses.
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So there's a DOE question.
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Obviously, we're we're in partnership with them through an MOU.
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With regards to the Hunter campus, as you know we put a request for them in within this.
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And it's a high priority for us within this this capital budget.
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We requested I believe a hundred million dollars.
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We've been out.
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We were in Albany advocating for that.
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Obviously, we could use your support in making sure that we because those that school needs some some work on their roof and some
Gale A. Brewer
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of Well, I'm hoping
Hector Batista
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more about
Gale A. Brewer
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the high schools.
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This is not on the campus.
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The high schools that have, relationships with colleges.
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Right?
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Like this one with John Jay, not on the campus.
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Is there a cost to CUNY?
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And in my opinion, you should be doing more of that.
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The great chair has already figured out how to do some work with disabled.
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I'm saying
Hector Batista
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How much now?
Gale A. Brewer
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The schools that work directly are working.
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With all due respect to DOE, some of the other schools do not work.
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The ones with you, they work.
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So we should be doing more of them.
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Are you advocating for that?
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And what's the budget?
Alicia Alvero
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That we have been in close conversation and are very close to signing a new updated MOU with larger target numbers and increasing enrollment in all of our dual enrollment programs.
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And you are correct, the ones with the very strong partnership offer more courses through College Now and Future Ready, which are career based courses.
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And the students do get to benefit and take courses there.
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But we offer that, and we have a relationship with many of the DOEs and are continuously expanding that.
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But the strongest ones are are those that have that relationship.
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You are correct.
Gale A. Brewer
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So are you are you advocating for more expansion?
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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And this MOU What's cost factor?
Alicia Alvero
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I can get you the exact figures because that is actually what's being worked out right now between both chancellors and this MOU is what is the the breakout of and breakdown of the budget.
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But we do Could you get back
Gale A. Brewer
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to the chair?
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Will that improve Absolutely.
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Alright.
Eric Dinowitz
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Thank you.