Report - November 2022
Harnessing CUNY as a Launchpad Into Tech Careers
New Yorkers of color remain strikingly underrepresented among the city’s tech workforce. No institution is better positioned to help close this opportunity gap for tech careers, at scale, than the City University of New York (CUNY). However, fully capitalizing on CUNY’s remarkable potential to serve as the city’s largest and most equitable springboard into technology careers will require new action from city and state government, the city’s technology companies, and CUNY itself.
by Sarah Amandolare with Eli Dvorkin
Harnessing CUNY as a Launchpad into Tech Careers is a publication of the Center for an Urban Future. Researched and written by Sarah Amandolare with Eli Dvorkin. Edited by Eli Dvorkin, Jonathan Bowles, and Charlotte Crowe. Additional research by Melissa Lent, Charles Shaviro, Michael Vassallo, and Samuel Cano. Designed by Stislow Design.
This study was made possible through generous support from Amazon. Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking.
Center for an Urban Future (CUF) is a leading New York City-based think tank that generates smart and sustainable public policies to reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy.
General operating support for the Center for an Urban Future has been provided by The Clark Foundation, the Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, and the Altman Foundation.
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