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Other name | Hostos Community College |
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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
| Established | 1968; 58 years ago (1968) |
Parent institution | City University of New York |
| Endowment | US$2.2 million |
| President | Daisy Cocco De Filippis |
| Provost | Andrea Fabrizio |
Academic staff | 499 (210 full-time faculty) |
| Students | 7,387 |
| Address | 500 Grand Concourse ,,,10451 ,United States 40°49′3″N73°55′38″W / 40.81750°N 73.92722°W /40.81750; -73.92722 |
| Campus | urban |
| Language | English andSpanish |
Sporting affiliations | City University of New York Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Caiman |
| Sports | hostosathletics |
| Website | hostos |
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Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is apubliccommunity college in theSouth Bronx,New York City. It is part of theCity University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from theHispanic/Puerto Rican community, which was urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. At the time it opened, it was considered the onlybilingual education college in the region; this policy became more limited after 1997, but the college still offers many courses in Spanish.[1][2][3][4] In 1970, the college admitted its first class of 623 students at the site of a former tire factory.[5] Several years later, the college moved to a larger site nearby at 149th Street andGrand Concourse. The college also operates a location at the prow building of theBronx Terminal Market.[6]
In October 1975, CUNY was in afiscal crisis and the city proposed closing or merging several public institutions including Hostos,John Jay, and Richmond (which later merged with Staten Island Community College (SICC) to become theCollege of Staten Island).[7] In the 1975-76 school year, there were rumors that Hostos Community College might be closed. In response, a small group of professors, counselors, and students formed a committee to plan how to save the college. They mobilized a large group to save Hostos.[1] This included Gerald Meyers, a historian of New York City Politics became a professor at Hostos in 1972. Meyers was the Chapter Chair for the Save Hostos Committee, which consisted of various sub-committees. Their roles in the Save Hostos Movement included letter writing, petitioning, voter registration, and community outreach. Ramón Jiménez, was a Lawyer and professor at Hostos led the community coalition to save Hostos. Jiménez's actions to save Hostos were disruptive and militant, for instance taking over Hostos and Grand Concourse. His actions were key to successfully keeping Hostos open.[8]
Hostos is the first institution of higher education on the mainland to be named after a Puerto Rican,Eugenio María de Hostos, an educator, writer, and patriot.[9] A large proportion (approximately 60 percent) of the student population is Hispanic, thus many of the courses at Hostos are offered in Spanish, and the college also provides extensive English andESL instruction to students.
TheHostos Center for the Arts & Culture is a performing arts center contained within the college campus. It consists of a museum-grade art gallery, a 367-seat Repertory Theater, and a 900-seat Main Theater, presenting artists of national and international renown. It has been showcasing theater, dance and music artists for 33 years, with the mission "to be a cultural force in the Bronx and throughout the New York metropolitan area."
The college is composed of 10 different academic departments offering 27 associate-level degrees. Hostos is notable for being the first and only CUNY campus offering a degree in Game Design.[10] The campus also features a $1.05 million-dollar live recording studio, which is used by the media design programs.[11]
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| American Indian & Alaskan Native | 0.4% |
| Asian & Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| Black Non-Hispanic | 21.2% |
| Hispanic | 57.2% |
| Other/Unknown | 17.6% |
| White Non-Hispanic | 1.3% |
Total student enrollment at Hostos in Fall 2018 was 7,340 predominantly full-time students.[12] Around 67% of the student population is female and about 33% male, with an average student age of 25 years old.[12]
Hostos Community College teams participate as a member of theNational Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Caimans are a member of thecommunity college section of theCity University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC), who's the most recent new member since the 2002–03 season. Men's sports include basketball and soccer; while women's sports include basketball and volleyball. In 2020, Hostos Athletics announced their entry into the Esports league of the NJCAA starting with the 2020–2021 season.[13]
Hostos Community College is affiliated with Hostos Lincoln Academy of Science, amiddle school andhigh school with anearly college program, as part of the Early College Initiative at CUNY.[14] It serves students grades 6 to 12, along withspecial education services.[15] The school is a collaboration between theNew York City Department of Education andCity University of New York.[16] High school students at the school enter the program during the summer prior to the start theirtenth grade year and can earn up to 60 credits in order to graduate with ahigh school diploma andassociates degree.[17] The school was originally located on campus, but was moved to a school building nearMelrose, which is shared by a few other schools, due to spacing issues.[18]
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