Dear City Tech College Community,
Thank you for being an important part of the Middle States Self-Study Report process. The final self-study report is here:
Self-Study for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Over the course of the study, a large committee representing the college-faculty, staff, and administration-contributed to the report. The committee also visited faculty, staff, and Student Government Association meetings, held student focus groups and public feedback sessions, and posted the draft report on this website with emails to the college community and alumni, and a link to a feedback form to solicit comments.
The Middle States Visiting Team will be on campus from March 16-18 to speak to campus community members and review the report. Please watch your email for opportunities to engage with the team and contribute to the important reaccreditation process.
In accordance with the reaccreditation process designed by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), New York City College of Technology (City Tech), a college within the City University of New York (CUNY), has conducted a rigorous evidence-based self-study to reflect on our collective progress, understand our challenges, and identify potential opportunities to improve our institutional effectiveness. City Tech's future is deeply intertwined with that of New York City; it is a microcosm of the city's diversity, breadth of enterprise, creative energy, and innovative spirit. City Tech and CUNY have proven to be engines of upward economic mobility for our students.
Over the past two years, the Steering Committee and Working Groups have engaged in an iterative process in which a cross-section of faculty, administrators, staff, and students came together to consider how well the college fulfills its mission. Hundreds of community voices are reflected in the study, captured through analysis of existing data, student and faculty surveys, townhalls, focus groups, and interviews conducted in the last two years. The full report details the findings and recommendations generated by the Steering Committee and Working Groups, reflecting both the standards and criteria for MSCHE accreditation. The Working Groups formulated lines of inquiry, which are aligned with the institutional priorities, to guide their investigation of City Tech's compliance with the standards and to identify opportunities for improvement. The self-study provides strong evidence of City Tech's ongoing compliance with MSCHE standards and its requirements of affiliation. The findings and recommendations of the self-study will help us further improve our institutional effectiveness to achieve our mission.
Recommendation 1: Improve Student Success
(Standards 1,4, 5)
Recommendation 2: Enhance Career Readiness and External Engagement
Recommendation 3: Optimize Resource Allocation and Collaboration
Expand the systematic use of data to guide resource allocation, enhance
collaboration, and publicly track
the college's progress toward its strategic priorities.
(Standards 1, 3, 5 and 6)
Recommendation 4: Strengthen Governance and Operations
Sincerely,
Middle States Self-Study Steering Committee