CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

Drafted in 1967, the Educational Affiliate, The College in Brooklyn: Prospectus, the work of the Affiliate had been inspired and supported by Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Staff of the Educational Affiliate included William Birenbaum, President, and “Staff Associates" Al Vann, James Farmer, Preston R. Wilcox, and several others. The document was headlined as a “proposal for an Internship college” and outlined a vision that included several characteristics for the proposed college that remained fundamental to the community control leaders’ demands for "Community College 7," CUNY's proposed new college in Central Brooklyn. Among these demands were free tuition and specific programs for teacher education and nursing. The language used and the programs proposed implied or assumed a four-year CUNY college would be developed.