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Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a comprehensive liberal arts college that enrolls approximately 15,000 students (11,000 undergraduates and 4,000 masters students). Approximately 25% of the undergraduates are science majors. With a large School of Education, Brooklyn College has trained a high percentage of the teachers in Brooklyn. According to the most recent NSF WebCaspar Survey of Earned Doctorates, Brooklyn College ranks 18th in the country as the baccalaureate source for Ph.D.s in the sciences among public colleges and universities, and 26th in the country among public and private universities combined. Brooklyn College is 58th in the nation as the baccalaureate institution of African Americans earning Ph.D.s. As a senior college in the City University of New York system, Brooklyn College is an active partner in the doctoral programs that are administered through the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. In partnership with the City of New York and the community, the Prospect Park Alliance restores, develops, and operates Prospect Park for the enjoyment of all by caring for the natural environment, preserving historic design, and serving the public through facilities and programs. Prospect Park is the 585-acre masterpiece of famed landscape architects Olmstead and Vaux that includes Brooklyn's last forest and only freshwater lake. The PPA offers many educational programs and activities, many through the nation's first urban Audubon Center. The Alliance is a community partner for one New Century High School. The National Parks of New York Harbor comprise 27,000 acres of natural and historic sites throughout the New York metropolitan area approximately, including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Brooklyn College has partnered with the National Park Service to create the National Parks of New York Harbor Education Center in order to serve the public as a site to design and implement innovative educational programs concerning the environmental, historical, and cultural issues.
Schools associated with this public educational reform initiative have transformed underperforming New York City high schools into innovative, community-based, small schools campuses. Each New Century High School maintains its own unique mission, identity and educational approaches, but share a commitment to rigorous academics, innovative teaching, personalized and supportive learning environments, and partnerships with community organizations. Twenty-three of the eighty-two New Century High Schools that have opened their doors in New York City since 2002 are located in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn College GK-12 'City as Lab' is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DGE-0638718. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the National Science Foundation or Brooklyn College.
