Governor Rockefeller Approves The State University Of New York The Master Plan Revised 1960
1961 April 6
Governor Rockefeller approves the State University of New York The Master Plan Revised 1960, previously accept by the Regents on March 24,1961 with minor revisions and adopted formally by the Trustees of the State University of New York on February 16, 1961. This document (p. 49) called for the establishment of "comprehensive graduate centers in four key areas of the State. Graduate centers, each of which will offer programs through the doctorate level, should be established in the following locations: 1. Stony Brook-Setauket, 2. Binghamton, 3. Albany, 4. Buffalo." The document went on to describe development of each graduate center. The "Graduate Center in Albany" was described (p. 50)in the following terms: "Coincident with the early development of graduate programs in the natural sciences in the Long Island Center, the multi-purpose college in Albany should begin graduate work in the humanities and social sciences. The introduction of master's level work in these subject areas should be effected immediately. Because of its traditional commitment to the arts and sciences and the presence of strong teaching departments, the only factor which should initially limit the introduction of master's programs is the availability of appropriate space. Programs in the humanities and social sciences at the doctoral level should be developed as early as possible. Utilizing the resources of the State Library, modest beginnings at this level might feasibly be made now. A doctoral program of appropriate dimensions, however, must await the relocation and expansion of the College on its new site." (State University of New York The Master Plan Revised 1960, Note regarding adoption of the document bound with the plan, pp. 49-50) Middle States reaccreditation.