Catholic— With a Capital C

Catholic-With a Capital

On June 19, 1968, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller took positive steps to preserve the private sector of higher education in the State of New York. On that day he signed into law a bill mandating that public monies be channeled to the state’s private universities and colleges. The impetus for this truly innovative legislation had come from the January 1968 report of a special educational commission headed by McGeorge Bundy.