February 2008: CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein initiates a process to develop a model for a new CUNY community college. Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs John Mogulescu and Project Director Tracy Meade lead a visionary group to develop ideas for a new approach to associate degree higher education based on research and best practices.

August-September 2008: A New Community College Concept Paper is published, laying the foundation for the future college. First Advisory meeting of national experts is held.

January-March 2009: The New Community College Initiative establishes a planning team and forms working committees to develop majors and to implement the educational model and other key aspects of the college.

March 2009: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides funds for planning the New Community College Initiative.

September 2009: The Carnegie Corporation of New York provides a 12-month grant to the New Community College Initiative.

August 2010: Letter of Intent for eight proposed programs of study at the College is circulated to CUNY.

September 2010: The New Community College Initiative appoints its first faculty.

November 2010: External review team visits.

January 3, 2011: Founding President Scott E. Evenbeck joins the College.

February 2011: Documentation presented and approved at the CUNY Board of Trustees meeting. Research Advisory Group convenes.

April 2011: The New Community College Initiative holds its first faculty and staff retreat.

May 2011:  The College establishes residency at 50 West 40th Street.

June 21, 2011: The New York State Board of Regents approves the amendment to CUNY’s long-range master plan authorizing the establishment of The New Community College at CUNY.

September 20, 2011: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo approves an Amendment to CUNY’s Master Plan for The New Community College.

June 2012: CUNY Board of Trustees approves an interim governance plan for the College.

August 20, 2012: The New Community College officially opens with an inaugural class of 300 students at a Convocation held at the New York Public Library’s main branch. The first Summer Bridge Program begins. New York State Department of Education holds its first site visit.

October 2012: The College Council holds its inaugural meeting. The first Student Government Association (SGA) elections are held.

December 11, 2012: The New York State Board of Regents votes to grant accreditation to The New Community College for a period of five years with a written report due after three years.

February 2013: Rethinking Community College for the 21st Century case study of the college is published with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

March 19, 2013: The Student Government Association (SGA) Constitution is ratified.

April 29, 2013: In honor of the $15 million endowment gift to The New Community College, the CUNY Board of Trustees passes a resolution to rename the College Stella and Charles Guttman Community College.

June 18, 2013: A celebration of the naming of Stella and Charles Guttman Community College.

January 16, 2014: The College opens its two new science labs.

May 2014: The College publishes its first Strategic Plan (2014-2017).

June 19, 2014: The chartering of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s chapter at Guttman—Beta Phi Gamma–and student induction ceremony.

June 20, 2014: Guttman submits its application to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education with a final Accreditation Readiness Report.

August 27, 2014: The College celebrates its inaugural commencement, graduating 80 students from its first cohort.

November 21, 2014: The Middle States Commission votes to accept the College’s Accreditation Readiness Report and to note the visit by the Commission’s representatives, grant Candidate for Accreditation status, and to invite the College to initiate self-study in preparation for an evaluation visit in 2016-2017.

June 17, 2015: College holds second commencement, conferring 146 associate degrees.

January 2016: Three additional students from the inaugural class earn an associate degree, bringing the graduation rate for the 2012 cohort to over 50%.

February-March 2016: College holds its first Winter Bridge program and matriculates its first class for the spring semester.

June 23, 2016: The College holds its third commencement, conferring 134 associate degrees.

June 19, 2017: College holds its fourth commencement.

June 22, 2017: Middle States grants accreditation to the College.

February 2018:

Guttman’s new Governance Plan is effective as of February 1, 2018.

College convenes Academic Senate.

First meeting of College Council held under new Governance Plan.

Recent Reports

Remedial classes are a huge stumbling block on the way to a degree. That’s why this community college doesn’t have them
Full Report

Student Success by Design
Full Report

Putting Students at the Center at Guttman Community College:  Accomplishments and Challenges in the Inaugural Years
Full Report

Instructional Teams at Guttman Community College: Building a Learning Community of Students, Faculty, and Staff
Final Report

Case Study on the College:
Rethinking Community College for the 21st Century

• Executive Summary
• Full Report

College Planning Documents 2008-2010:

• Second Round Working Committee Reports, September 30, 2010
• First Round Working Committee Reports, March 2, 2010
• The New CUNY Community College & The Health Professions: Pathways, Partnerships & Possibilities, February 2010
• Senior University Dean John Mogulescu’s Remarks at the Steinhardt Institute, NYU, October 15, 2009
• Summary of Second Round Research on Selection of NCC Majors, May 29, 2009
• Summary of First Round Research on Selection of NCC Majors, August 14, 2008
• A New Community College Concept Paper, August 15, 2008
• A New Community College Concept Paper Executive Summary, August 15, 2008