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.