"This isn't working!" New York's mayor intends to take city's community colleges out of the remediation business

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"This isn't working!" New York's mayor intends to take city's community colleges out of the remediation business - Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani

by Scott W. Wright , July 12, 2007

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Dr. Antonio Perez, president of the 16,700-student Borough of Manhattan Community College, where about half of all students need at least one remedial course, said he thinks Giuliani is out of touch with the realities of life on CUNY's community college campuses.

"I believe that if the mayor had a better grasp of the student population we serve and what their goals are, then I think he would be more in concert with us," Perez said.

Giuliani has no real authority to institute changes in the system, which is controlled by the state. But he does have the power of the purse strings. New York City provides 20 to 30 percent of the budget for the six community college -- which combined, total $332 million.

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