These bill files reflect the Higher Education Committee's responsibility to initiate and review legislation relevant to higher education and the professions in New York State. Bill files typically contain copies of draft legislation, research notes, memoranda in favor of legislation, newspaper clippings, and other related materials.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Higher Education Committee
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Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education subject files
Series Number
L0216
Summary
The New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education initiates and reviews legislation relevant to higher education and oversight of the professions. The subject files reflect the committee's actions and relate to future activity. The records include notes, draft legislation, correspondence and memoranda, reports, news articles, brochures, and testimonies submitted at public hearings.
Creator
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Higher Education Committee
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These files from the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University and its Committees contains routine correspondence and memoranda, hearing transcripts, reports by the commission and its committees, and reimbursement forms. Topics reflected in the subject files include medical, dental, and nursing education and fiscal studies on the commission's recommendations and barriers to minority group participation in higher education.
Creator
New York (State). Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University
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The Commission on Higher Education was established to study and make recommendations on how New York State conceives, organizes, and funds post-secondary education. This series consists of subject files for the Commission and its subcommittees, which include Tuition and Student Aid, Subcommittee on Finance, Subcommittee on Access, Quality and Student Flow, and Information Technologies. Also included are meeting minutes, cassette recordings of meetings, papers, reports, and incoming and outgoing correspondence.
Creator
New York (State). Regents Commission on Higher Education
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1967 Constitutional Convention records of Francis Bergan
Series Number
L0248
Summary
These records were compiled by Judge Francis Bergan, a Convention delegate who served as chair of the Committee on Education. The series consists mostly of constitutional article proposals, delegate correspondence, correspondence from Convention President Anthony Travis, reports, and speeches. Topics discussed include education; the Blaine amendment (prohibiting use of public monies for private education); higher education in New York; the proposed reorganization of the judicial branch in New York State government; and the "forever wild" status of the Adirondack Park.
Creator
New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
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Files for staff study on inequality of opportunity in higher education
Series Number
A3036
Summary
The Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University created these files in producing "Inequality of Opportunity in Higher Education: A Study of Minority Group and Related Barriers to College Admission." The study's main subject was discrimination against Jews and African Americans in admission to undergraduate study and medical, dental, and nursing schools but it also examined general admission practices of colleges and universities in New York. Records include outlines and drafts of chapters, notes, working papers, a preliminary report, and meeting minutes.
Creator
New York (State). Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.