Presentation and Reports from NYU to the Ford Foundation
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Abstract
This collection contains seven reports presented to the Ford Foundation by NYU for a special program in education.
Historical Note
In 1964, the Ford Foundation awarded New York University a challenge grant of $25 million to accelerate the University's development as a leader in private urban higher education. The grant was unrestricted as to use and carried a 3-1 matching requirement, within the matching $75 million to be raised within five years from non-governmental resources.
The grant was part of the Ford Foundation's Special Program in Education, under which grants had been made to nine other universities since 1960 to advance their development as regional and national centers of excellence. Selection was based upon geographical location, excellence of leadership, strength of constituency, strategic importance to other universities of the same type and other universities in the same region, a tradition of scholarship or clear evidence of a desire and an ability to achieve it, and plans to move toward greater scholarly accomplishment.
NYU used the grant to strengthen the entire university, with particular attention to improved library, classroom, and laboratory facilities; increased scholarship and fellowship aid; and improved working and living conditions for the faculty.
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Folders are arranged chronologically by year.
The files are grouped into 1 series:
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Scope and Content Note
The collection contains seven reports presented to the Ford Foundation by NYU over the course of the grant.
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Access Restrictions
Institutional records of New York University are closed for a period of 20 years from the date of their creation (the date on which each document was written). Board of Trustees records are similarly closed for 35 years from the date of creation. The opening date for files spanning several years will be 20 years from the most recent date. Access will be given to material already 20 years old contained within a collection that is not yet open when such material can be isolated from the rest of the collection.
Materials related to personnel, faculty grievances, job searches and all files with information that falls under the University's Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) policy are permanently restricted.
Use Restrictions
Some materials may be restricted. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-2641
Fax: (212) 995-4225
E-mail: university-archives@nyu.edu
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); The Presentation and Reports from NYU to the Ford Foundation; RG 15.14; box number; folder number;New York University Archives, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
The reports were transferred to the University Archives from the Treasurer's Office in 1986.