In an Era of Change the College Emerges  

"Confident that appropriate assessment techniques can be developed, I am proposing to the Board of Regents that The University of the State of New York award undergraduate degrees to those who are able to demonstrate that they possess knowledge and abilities equivalent to those of a degree recipient from a New York State college or university, regardless of how the candidates have prepared themselves." --Ewald B. Nyquist

On Sept. 15, 1970, at his inauguration as President of The University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education, Ewald B. Nyquist  first proposed this idea to the New York State Board of Regents.

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