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| CUNY Lehman College | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lehman College |
| Established | 1968 (as Lehman College; predecessor Hunter College Bronx campus 1931) |
| Type | Public |
| City | Bronx |
| State | New York |
| Country | United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | City University of New York |
CUNY Lehman College is a public senior college in the Bronx offering undergraduate and graduate programs within the City University of New York system, located on a campus that blends historic architecture with modern facilities. The college emphasizes liberal arts, sciences, teacher preparation, and professional disciplines while engaging with cultural institutions and neighborhood organizations across the Bronx. Lehman operates programs in partnership with hospitals, research centers, and arts organizations, producing graduates who have entered public service, media, science, and the arts.
Lehman's origins trace to the 1931 establishment of a Bronx campus of Hunter College, later reorganized during the expansion of the City University of New York in the 1960s to become an autonomous senior college opened in 1968 and named for financier Herbert H. Lehman, who served as Governor of New York and United States Senator. Early campus development involved architects influenced by the City Beautiful movement and adaptive reuse of existing buildings near the Bronx River, with expansions paralleling urban renewal projects connected to initiatives by Robert Moses and municipal planners. During the 1970s fiscal crises that affected New York City, Lehman navigated state budget adjustments and collective bargaining actions by United Federation of Teachers and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, while building academic partnerships with institutions such as Montefiore Medical Center and cultural collaborations with the Bronx Museum of the Arts. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Lehman expanded graduate offerings, secured accreditations from agencies like the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and launched community programs paralleling efforts by Teach For America alumni and advocates from The New York Public Library system.
The campus occupies a hilltop site in the Bronx adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park and near New York Botanical Garden and Yankee Stadium, featuring Collegiate Gothic and modernist structures by architects associated with projects for agencies like the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Key facilities include performance spaces hosting ensembles aligned with the Metropolitan Opera, laboratories used in collaborations with Columbia University Medical Center researchers, and galleries that exhibit works tied to artists represented by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Student residences and recreational areas are set alongside athletic fields used for events sanctioned by the City University of New York Athletic Conference and intercollegiate competitions, with public transit access via New York City Subway lines and regional bus routes coordinated with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Lehman provides programs through schools and departments influenced by disciplinary canons associated with institutions like Johns Hopkins University in public health, Juilliard School in music pedagogy, and Teachers College, Columbia University in teacher preparation, while maintaining its own distinct offerings in biology, chemistry, literature, political science, and social work. Degree programs include Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and specialized certificates, with curricula shaped by accreditation standards from entities such as the American Chemical Society and the Council on Social Work Education. Research collaborations involve grants and projects with agencies like the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and local partners including Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts affiliates. Lehman emphasizes internship pipelines with organizations including New York City Department of Education, NBCUniversal, and nonprofit networks such as City Year and United Way.
Student organizations mirror civic and cultural networks found in New York, with student government engaging in dialogues with unions like American Association of University Professors and campus groups hosting events that feature speakers from The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and advocacy groups like Human Rights Watch. Residential life, commuter associations, and cultural clubs link students to borough-wide festivals supported by Bronx Council on the Arts and neighborhood coalitions affiliated with Community Board 7 (Bronx). Campus media, including newspapers and radio initiatives, follow reporting practices akin to those at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and collaborate with interns placed at outlets such as WNYC and New York Daily News.
Lehman fields intercollegiate teams competing in the City University of New York Athletic Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III, offering sports including soccer, basketball, track and field, and baseball akin to programs at peer institutions like Brooklyn College and Hunter College. Athletic facilities host competitions and clinics featuring coaches and alumni who have connections to professional organizations such as Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association, and the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Student-athletes balance competition with academic support coordinated through offices modeled after services at Syracuse University and career placement partnerships with agencies such as Athletes Helping Athletes-type nonprofits.
Lehman operates within the governance framework of the City University of New York system, with administrative leadership roles interacting with the Chancellor of the City University of New York, the CUNY Board of Trustees, and collective bargaining units including the Professional Staff Congress. The college president oversees academic affairs, finance, and external relations, collaborating with philanthropic partners such as the Lehman Brothers Foundation donors, municipal funders like the New York State Department of Education, and grant-making bodies such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Prominent alumni and faculty have included figures who have worked with or been associated with institutions like The New York Times, NBC News, United Nations, New York City Council, Metropolitan Opera, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and cultural organizations such as Lincoln Center. Graduates have pursued careers linked to offices held by leaders from New York State Assembly and United States House of Representatives, while faculty have come from schools with ties to Columbia University, City College of New York, and national laboratories affiliated with the Department of Energy.
Category:City University of New York colleges