On March 8, 2011, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty of City College passed the following resolution  unanimously:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Resolution on Student Transfer

Whereas, The CUNY Central Administration has only recently disseminated a Draft Resolution for transfer reform, a version of which it plans to submit to the Board of Trustees for approval later this spring; and

Whereas,  Section 8.6 of the By-laws of the Board of Trustees stipulates that “The faculty shall be responsible, subject to guidelines, if any, as established by the board, for the formulation of policy relating to…curriculum…”; and Sections 8.7 and 8.8b make it clear that this responsibility resides with the faculties and their governance bodies on the individual campuses; and

Whereas,  The City College CLAS Faculty Council, while sharing the goal of removing unnecessary impediments to student transfer, may, given appropriate opportunity for review and communication with the College’s sister institutions, formulate alternatives or major adjustments to the Draft Resolution; now therefore be it

Resolved, That the CLAS Faculty Council of The City College calls on CUNY Central to postpone consideration of its Draft Resolution on student transfer until the faculty governance bodies at The College and its sister CUNY campuses have had sufficient time to review it and the data and analyses on which it is based, and thus to formulate considered responses.