Lauri Aguirre

The vision for the City Tech Microcredential Ecosystem (TC2 hub) aims to empower students by recognizing professional, technical, and career readiness skills through digital badges and microcredential programs. The initiative's six long-term goals include creating a sustainable infrastructure for digital credentials, empowering students with verifiable credentials, bridging the education-employment gap, engaging faculty and staff in microcredentials, promoting equity and inclusion by catering to diverse learner needs, and engaging first-year students early to develop essential skills. The program seeks to prepare students for the workforce, support lifelong learning, and enhance student engagement, ultimately bringing value and wider recognition to their achievements.

The strategic plan for New York City College of Technology outlines a path to become the premier college of technology within CUNY, emphasizing academic excellence, convergent research, ethics, and civic engagement to prepare workforce-ready graduates for upward economic mobility and social leadership. Building on the CUNY Lifting NY Roadmap, the plan focuses on four overarching goals: improving communication and community, enhancing facilities and resources, improving retention and graduation rates, and promoting career readiness and exploration. These efforts aim to strengthen academic offerings, enhance student success, improve infrastructure, and foster an inclusive environment.

The document serves as the academic catalog for New York City College of Technology, outlining its mission, educational goals, and comprehensive academic offerings. It details admission requirements, financial aid programs, academic standards, and student support services, providing essential information for students and stakeholders regarding the college's operations and educational framework.

The CUNY Master Plan 2016-2020 outlines strategies to enhance the university's role as a leading urban public university system. Key areas of focus include expanding access and opportunity for diverse student populations (improving affordability, diversity initiatives, college readiness programs, support for adult learners, and graduate education), raising student success rates (through improved student support, academic advising, academic momentum strategies, transfer pathways, financial aid, student engagement, and workforce development), setting a standard for academic quality (by updating curriculum and pedagogy, promoting globalization, emphasizing digital literacy, leveraging urban expertise, and supporting faculty recruitment and research), and operating efficiently (through fiscal management, facilities maintenance, energy efficiency, technology infrastructure, and performance management). The plan aims to increase graduation rates, improve college readiness, expand access to diverse populations, and enhance the university's global reach and impact.

The 2019-2023 Strategic Plan for New York City College of Technology (City Tech) prioritizes enabling student learning through informed and caring support, actively nurturing scholarship and innovation, building a "One City Tech" ethos, and cultivating an integrated network with the community and industry. The plan addresses challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on ensuring equitable access to technology and resources, enhancing online learning modalities, and strengthening support services for student success. Key areas of focus include improving the quality and accessibility of academic offerings, fostering a vibrant campus community, expanding research opportunities for faculty and students, promoting institutional integration, and deepening partnerships with businesses and community organizations. The plan aims to increase access, enrollment, retention, timely degree completion, and graduate students prepared for the workforce or further education.