At the close of 2025, Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson joined CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez for a visit to Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School. The visit underscored a significant milestone: the expansion of CUNY’s dual enrollment College Now program to include independent religious schools, an initiative launched in 2024.
This expansion marked a meaningful step in broadening access to college-level coursework for students across New York City. Building on the success of the 42-year-old College Now program, Brooklyn College has deepened its engagement with communities historically outside the program’s reach. The impact is already evident—enrollment of students from independent religious schools in Brooklyn College–administered College Now courses grew from 32 to 78 students in just one year, a 144 percent increase.
President Anderson recently discussed the initiative and its broader implications for educational access in Women in Higher Education magazine. You can read the interview here.
