Baruch College Fund
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For core support towards educational programming
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1919, Baruch College, one of the 11 senior schools within the CUNY system, is ranked among the region’s and nation’s top colleges. Its mission is to make public education available to all students thereby giving them the skills to participate in democracy and the global economy. The College is home to more than 18,000 students, who collectively speak more than 100 languages and trace their heritage to more than 155 countries and has been repeatedly named one of the most ethnically diverse student bodies in the United States. With Corporation support, Baruch College will continue to strengthen and grow a number of initiatives including their HyFlex Learning Program for online learning, partnerships and joint programming with universities in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and its Digital Learning Hub, which supports the development and evaluation of online and hybrid programs.
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For support of the HyFlex learning initiative
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Baruch College, one of the 11 senior schools within the CUNY system andranked among the region’s and nation’s top colleges. The College is home to more than 18,000 students, who speak more than 100 languages and trace their heritage to more than 160 countries. In the fall of 2021, Baruch College open its campus at 50% capacity and will include online learning which will become a permanent part of its curriculum. This has been a benefitto the college community because students who could not attend classes because of jobs or family responsibility now have an opportunity to earn degrees in a virtual environment. With Corporation support, Baruch College will launch the HyFlex, an online learning initiative. This pilot program will provide a menu of tools for optimal modes of instruction including the integration of the campus network with a new AV management system.
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For support of the COVID-19 student emergency fund
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1919, Baruch College, one of the 11 senior schools within the CUNY system, is ranked among the region’s and nation’s top colleges. The College is home to more than 18,000 students, who speak more than 110 languages and trace their heritage to more than 160 countries and has been repeatedly named one of the most ethnically diverse student bodies in the United States. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning has become a particular challenge for low-income students who have relied on the school’s computer lab to complete their course work since owning computers and securing internet access has not been economically feasible. With Corporation support, Baruch will purchase computers and provide other emergency relief assistance as needs arise in an effort retain as many matriculating students as possible during the pandemic.
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For the digitization of the archives of the Bureau of Municipal Research/ Institute of Public Administration and Luther H. Gulick III Papers
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2009, the Newman Library of Baruch College obtained 710 boxes of archival materials from the Bureau of Municipal Research (BMR) and Institute of Public Administration (IPA), the organizations which created the science of municipal government and professional training for civic leaders in the early 20th century. Andrew Carnegie was one of the original funders of the BMR, which later became the IPA. The collection includes files, maps, and publications spanning the years 1906-2002. In 2014, Carnegie Corporation provided funding in support phase one of the project which included inventorying, rehousing the materials in archival folders, and producing a finding aid for researchers and scholars. The Corporation provided a second grant in 2015 for the digitization of over 30,000 pages of archival materials spanning the 1920s through the 1950s. With additional Corporation support, Baruch College plans to digitize the collection materials from 1906-1919, which includes rare reports on policing, education, welfare, health, housing and transportation in municipalities across the nation, showing the origins of Progressivism and the development of reform government in the United States.
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For preserving the Archives of the Bureau of Municipal Research and Institute of Public Administration
Date
Jun. 04, 2015
Duration
12 months
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For preserving the archives of the Bureau of Municipal Research and Institute of Public Administration
Date
Mar. 06, 2014
Duration
12 months