CUNY Chancellor Receives 2007 Carnegie Corporation Leadership Award

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has selected Matthew Goldstein, chancellor of the City University of New York, as the recipient of its 2007 Academic Leadership Award.

Established in 2005, the award recognizes leaders of institutions of higher education who have an abiding commitment to liberal arts and have initiated and supported curricular innovations, including development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary programs that aim to bridge the gulf between the theoretical and the practical. The award also honors leadership that actively supports K-12 school reform, strengthens teacher education, and emphasizes community outreach.

Goldstein, who will receive $500,000 in support of his academic priorities, is the first alumnus of CUNY — the nation's largest urban public university — to be appointed chancellor, its highest position. Given the mandate to reform "an institution adrift," Goldstein created and instituted a plan that included converting the loose federation of colleges into a unified system of flagship programs and adding more than one thousand full-time faculty throughout the CUNY system, turning it around. Today, enrollment is at its highest level in thirty-one years, with more than 470,000 students from 167 countries participating in CUNY degree-credit and continuing education programs.

"By raising standards, strengthening student preparation, revolutionizing financing, and adding new schools to the system, Matthew Goldstein has truly reinvigorated the City University," said Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian. "Clearly, [his] accomplishments prove that excellence in leadership is much more than effective management."

“Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces 2007 Academic Leadership Award.” Carnegie Corporation of New York Press Release 4/09/07.

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