(City University of New York CUNY) is a university located in the city government of New York . se répartissent dans les 11 senior colleges , les 6 community colleges , la graduate school , l'école de journalisme , la Law school (école de droit ) et la Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (école médicale). It is the largest urban university in the United States , and 220, 000 students are divided into the 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, graduate school, school of journalism , the Law school (school of law ) and Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education (Medical School).

) et la California State University ( 414 000 étudiants ). CUNY is also the third largest university in the United States in terms of number of students, behind the State University of New York (413, 000 students), and the California State University (414, 000 students). Also, although both public and managed by the State of New York , they are independent.

The history of CUNY back to 1847 , at the time of the creation of the Free Academy in New York . Its purpose then was to promote education by offering free students from other universities in the state over. The Free Academy later became the City College, the first organization of the future CUNY. Several senior colleges were created, as well as four hybrid schools, six community colleges. In 1971 , CUNY was founded as a combination of all these newly created schools.

Formerly, the university hosted especially for students who do not have the means to join private universities ( Columbia , Fordham ). Thus, until 1975 , the school offered a free quality education to the poorest people, the working classes, as well as immigrants. But in 1975, the fiscal crisis led to a tax of this teaching, which lost its free and became less accessible to the working classes. After the First World War , which would become the CUNY welcomed many Jews (students and teachers) victims of discrimination in schools of the Ivy League with Columbia part. CUNY, thanks to the high number of winners of the Nobel Prize she graduated and was named the Harvard of the proletariat .

e siècle, la CUNY conserve toujours son image de diversité, accueillant des étudiants de 145 pays différents. At the beginning of XXI century, CUNY still retains its image of diversity, welcoming students from 145 different countries.

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