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The college is home to the Center for Sustainable Energy, which was founded in 2003 as an educational resource for students pursuing careers in alternative energy. [7] Bronx Community College offers a wide array of workforce community development and personal enrichment courses and programs through Continuing & Professional Studies. [8]
The New York state government recommended in February 1972 that NYU sell its Bronx campus, [113] and governor Nelson Rockefeller authorized the sale three months later. [114] New York City's public university system, the City University of New York (CUNY), acquired the campus in early 1973 for $62 million, moving Bronx Community College there.
Briarcliffe College, Long Island City/Bethpage/Patchogue (1966–2018) Christie's Education (1993–2020) Gibbs College, New York City/Melville (1911–2009) Globe Institute of Technology, Manhattan (1985–2016) Long Island Business Institute, Flushing (2001–2024) [10] [11] New York Career Institute (1941–2017) [12]
The Bronx Community College Library is located on the campus of Bronx Community College and is a part of the City University of New York system. The library is at the North Hall, and this was opened on 2012. [1] There are three floors in this building, with the ground floor having 15 classrooms.
Lehman College was formerly a branch campus of Hunter College that was known as Hunter-in-the-Bronx. [14] The City College is the oldest institution of CUNY, having been founded in 1847. Established in 2018, the School of Labor and Urban Studies is the newest addition to the university.
As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 5 was $30,166. [14] In 2018, an estimated 34% of University Heights and Fordham residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City.
Hostos is the first institution of higher education on the mainland to be named after a Puerto Rican, Eugenio María de Hostos, an educator, writer, and patriot. [2] A large proportion (approximately 60 percent) of the student population is Hispanic, thus many of the courses at Hostos are offered in Spanish, and the college also provides extensive English and ESL instruction to students.
Bronx Community College's athletics teams use the field for baseball and men's soccer. [1] Early in the 20th century, Ohio Field was the main outdoor athletic venue for New York University, which occupied the University Heights campus until 1973. It was the home of the NYU Violets baseball [2] and football [3] teams dating back at least to 1901 ...