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Contains meeting minutes, background information sent to Executive Committee members, reports by ACUSNY's Commission on Non-Tax Supported Colleges and Universities, reports by the State Board of Regents, the State Education Department and the University of the State of New York, ACUSNY statements to the Governor and the Legislature, and addresses to the Association's members by prominent figures in the field of education. The series also includes correspondence with the Governor's Office, the Board of Regents, the Commissioner of Education, the Chancellors of the CUNY and SUNY systems, and university and college presidents. This series illustrates ACUSNY's continuous involvement in such issues as admissions policies, student financial aid, state aid to educational institutions and state labor legislation. It also documents the Association's position on specific issues, for example Universal Military Training and college deferment, 1952; sponsorship in athletics, 1951; subversion in education, 1953; the use of state bonds for college and university construction, 1955; educational institutions inter-institutional cooperation, 1956-1973; library reference and research resources, 1963-1965; Bundy aid to private education, 1965-1978; the Constitutional Convention, 1967; visiting students program, 1969-1970; ACUSNY's involvement in federal legislation, 1968, 1973; tuition assistance, 1980; relations among the sectors, 1983; migration patterns of students, 1985; public information activities, 1988; the teaching profession, 1988; creation of new ACUSNY bylaws, 1991.

The retreats were begun in 1971 at the suggestion of former SUNY Chancellor Boyer to foster a common bond between public and independent colleges and universities. Subsequent to 1985 the retreats came to be known as President's Retreats. The series contains executive committee resolutions, correspondence, and reports from the Board of Regents, the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, the State Education Department, the American Council on Education. The contents focus upon particular issues in education: inter-institutional cooperation, 1971; political resolutions of education problems, 1972; student financial support, 1973; projecting college enrollments, 1974; the economics and politics of higher education management, 1975; what labor, government, and the community expect of higher education, 1976; resources for higher education, 1977; federal regulations, academic integrity, and public accountability, 1978; the state's stake in higher education, 1979; higher education and the New York economy, 1981; the role of the president in shaping the undergraduate curriculum, 1984; elevation of higher education among the state's priorities, 1986; connection of community service and college payment, 1989. The series also includes files on president's retreats.

Contains minutes, background information sent to members, correspondence, in particular to college and university presidents, membership lists, reports both by the Association's committees and by the University of ACUSNY the State of New York, and the State Education Department, and information concerning special meetings. Prominent topics include the State's need for a state university, 1947-1949; universal military training and manpower utilization, 1947-1949; planning for increased enrollment in 1954-1955 and the 1960s; state aid to private institutions, 1956-1960s; the Board of Regents Master Plan for Education, 1963; Constitutional Convention, 1967; Einstein-Schweitzer chairs, 1970s; improvement of the quality of student administrative services, 1981; perspectives of liberal education, 1984; women in higher education, 1987; reaching common interest in the public interest, 1989.

Contains correspondence to members, state politicians, the Governor's Office, and ACUSNY's lawyers; Association newsletters and legislation updates; copies of legislative documents; reports from the Board of Regents and the State Department of Education; statements by ACUSNY before the Joint Legislative Committee on Education. The series provides complete and detailed information about ACUSNY's concerns and activities. Records throughout the series document the Association's involvement with legislation concerning financial aid to students and institutions, taxation exemption, and state labor legislation. Other issues that are particularly well documented include state aid to private institutions, 1955-1956; the establishment of SUNY at Stony Brook, mid-1950s; establishment of a state corporation to provide financial aid to students, 1957; Amendment # 6, concerning the state's guarantee of bonds 1961; expansion of SUNY, 1964; CUNY financial crisis, 1966; campus unrest, 1969-1970; improvement of the State's Tuition Assistance Program, 1982; the Right-To-Know Law, 1986; crime on campus, 1989; the effect of the budget crists on the Einstein/Schweitzer Chairs, 1992.

Contains general correspondence, 1938-1948, correspondence with foundations and out-of-state associations, and reports of ACUSNY committees, meeting minutes, correspondence and reports of the Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, 1976, 1982-1984, membership lists, 1948-1962, 1965-1979; incorporation petition, 1972. Also contains information concerning the State Scholarship Program, 1950; two year degree colleges; the central campus issue, 1957; graduate education, 1958; CUNY, 1976; Long Range Planning conference, 1979; the State Education Department, 1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1988; state funding for higher education, 1991; performance standards for postsecundary and adult vocational education programs, 1992.

Contains correspondence with individual institutions, (especially concerning the acceptance of members into the Association), membership lists, and the membership report, 1991.

Contains "The Education of a Teacher," "Introduction to ACUSNY", Newsletters 1980-1984, "News from ACUSNY" 1988-1992, "Communiversity" 1991.

The series consists of eighteen volumes of minute books, covering the years 1948-1991. Included are minutes of special meetings, such as annual meetings and ACUSNY Executive Committee meetings, lists of participants, legislation reports, financial reports, general correspondence, in particular from the executive vice president, newsletters, campus guides of different universities, reports on special project, especially the Minority Faculty Project (vol. XVII) and reports on programs, such as "Problems and Prospects of Higher Education in the Next Two Decades"(vol. XII). Volume eighteen contains an index which covers books I-XVIII.

Contains meeting minutes, membership lists of the Board of Trustees, bylaws of ACUSNY, financial reports, and background information on economical impacts of SUNY Community Colleges and CUNY. The series also contains correspondence with the ACUSNY Executive Director, members of CUNY and the ACUSNY Steering Committee, as well as university and college presidents. Prominent topics include the Visiting Student Program, 11/2/1989; a report on the Minority Faculty Project, designation of Presidents Committee, discussion of funding, 12/13/1990; the ACUSNY retirement plan, 12/13/1990; the discussion of Higher Education and the Economy of the State, 1992; Adoption of a resolution regarding the Einstein/Schweitzer Chairs, 1992; and the discussion of federal issues affecting higher education, 1992.

The series illustrates the mission and goals of the Minority Faculty Project, the efforts done to promote minority students, and provides detailed information on its different activities. It also contains correspondence with the ACUSNY Executive Director, presidents of the Minority Faculty Project and presidents of funds and councils for financial aid. The series also documents meetings and minority programs of individual universities of New York State and of other states of the U.S. It covers the time period between 1988 and 1990.