The William E. Macaulay Honors College
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 2001, graduated first class in 2005 |
| Dean | Dr. Mary C. Pearl |
| Students | 2,112 |
| Undergraduates | 2,112 |
| Address | 35 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023, New York City, New York, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Red White Gray Black |
| Nickname | Macaulay |
| Affiliations | City University of New York |
| Website | www.macaulay.cuny.edu |
William E. Macaulay Honors College, commonly referred to as Macaulay Honors College, is a selective, co-degree-granting honors college for students at the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. The college is known primarily for offering full-tuition scholarships, among other benefits, to all of its undergraduates (or a substantial partial scholarship to out-of-state students).
The brainchild of CUNY chancellor Matthew Goldstein, CUNY Honors College was first conceived as an independent institution within the City University of New York. The aim of its creation was to increase educational standards and foster university-wide collaboration and excellence. However, support for existing honors programs at CUNY colleges and institutional opposition resulted in its launch in 2001 as CUNY Honors College in collaboration with a number of CUNY's senior colleges. Initially, there were five college partners: Baruch, Brooklyn, City, Hunter, and Queens Colleges; Lehman College, College of Staten Island, and John Jay College were added later. Commonly known as Macaulay Honors College University Scholars Program, its first class graduated in 2005.
The founding dean of Macaulay Honors College is Dr. Laura Schor, Professor of History at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, received her PhD in Modern European History at the University of Rochester in 1974. In July 2006, Dr. Ann Kirschner, a graduate of SUNY Buffalo, UVA, and Princeton University, was appointed Dean of Macaulay Honors College. In September 2006, The City University of New York received a $30,000,000 gift from philanthropist and City College alumnus, William E. Macaulay, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First Reserve Corporation. It is the largest single donation in the history of CUNY and helped finance the purchase of a landmark building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that has become the permanent home of Macaulay Honors College, and will add support to its endowment. A new governance plan, approved by the CUNY Board of Trustees in late April 2010, provided Macaulay Honors College with degree-granting authority through CUNY's Graduate Center. Beginning in Spring 2011, graduates became eligible to receive a dual degree from both their home college and Macaulay Honors College.
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