Metropolitan College of New York
| Audrey Cohen College | |
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| Type | Private, not-for-profit |
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| Established | 1964 |
| Endowment | $10.1 million |
| President | Vinton Thompson, Ph.D. |
| Students | 1,200 |
| Location | New York, New York; Bronx, New York, USA |
| Campus | New York |
| Colors | Red and black |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 40°43′23″N 74°00′25″W / 40.72308°N 74.006892°W
Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY), formerly known as Audrey Cohen College, is a private, non-profit college located at 60 West Street in Manhattan, New York City and a Bronx campus at 463 East 149th Street.
MCNY consists of three schools, The Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education (named after Audrey Cohen), the School for Public Affairs and Administration, and the School for Business. The school follows the founder's Purpose-Centered Education philosophy.
The college was founded in 1964 by educational pioneer Audrey Cohen as the Women's Talent Corp and was renamed the College for Human Services in 1970, when it was granted a Charter by the New York State Board of Regents. It started offering business programs in 1983 and its first graduate programs in 1988. It was renamed Audrey Cohen College in honor of its founder in 1992 and Metropolitan College of New York in 2002.
In 2012, with a warm welcome from the community and public officials such as Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia Greene, the Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) re-opened its doors in the Bronx after more than five years. The Bronx Extension Center, located at 529 Courtlandt Avenue, will offer students living in surrounding areas a convenient campus where they can attend classes.
In 2016, MCNY moved to new locations in both Manhattan and the Bronx.
After a reorganization completed in September 2007, MCNY consists of three schools, The Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education, the School for Public Affairs and Administration, and The School for Management. Together, the schools offer undergraduate and graduate programs in Human Services, Education, Emergency Management, Business and Media Management.
The highest degrees offered are master's degrees. The college follows founder Audrey Cohen's Purpose-Centered Education philosophy. In contrast to colleges and universities that organize the school year according to semesters, MCNY refers to each term as a "purpose". Each term's purpose, or unifying theme, drives the coursework for the term, which includes a Constructive Action (CA). CAs are unique clinical seminars in which students complete projects that combine classroom study with research-fieldwork projects that integrate lessons learned in all of the term's courses with hands-on experience.
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