Vincent Boudreau
{{Short description|President of the City College of New York}}
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| name = Vincent Gordon Boudreau
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| office = 13th President of the City College of New York
| term_start = {{ubl|November 2, 2016 (interim president)|December 4, 2017 (president)}}
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| predecessor = Lisa Staiano-Coico
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}}{{cite news|publisher=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/nyregion/city-college-picks-interim-as-permanent-president.html |title=Leader of City College of New York Will Shed Interim Status |date=October 20, 2017 |first1=David W. |last1=Chen}}
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| education = {{ubl|Le Moyne College (BA)|Cornell University (PhD)}}
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| field = Political science
| thesis_title = At the margins of the movement: Grassroots associations in the Philippine socialist network
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| thesis_year = 1993
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Vincent Gordon Boudreau{{Cite web |title=At the margins of the movement: Grassroots associations in the Philippine socialist network - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/304050393/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}} is a political scientist, currently serving as the 13th president of the City College of the City University of New York since December 2017.{{cite web|website=The City College of New York |url=https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/about/president |title=Dr. Vincent Boudreau, President |access-date=February 8, 2024 |date=December 18, 2023}}
Prior to his appointment as president, in 2016, he was appointed interim president following the resignation of Lisa Staiano-Coico. At the time, he was the dean of City College’s Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.{{cite news|title=CUNY Names Vincent Boudreau Interim President for City College of New York |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuny-names-vincent-boudreau-interim-president-for-city-college-of-new-york-1478122497 |date=November 2, 2016 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |first1=Zolan |url-access=subscription|last1=Kanno-Youngs}}
Education
Boudreau graduated from Le Moyne College in DeWitt, New York in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in political science. Boudreau received a Doctor of Philosophy in political science from Cornell University in 1993. While at Cornell, Boudreau was arrested five times for participating in anti-apartheid protests which included sit-ins and an encampment that lasted 65 days.{{Cite web |last=Marich |first=Gwynne Hogan, Luca GoldMansour, Melanie |date=2024-05-13 |title=CUNY City College President Laments Not Breaking Up Pro-Palestinian Encampment Sooner |url=http://www.thecity.nyc/2024/05/13/city-college-palestine-encampment-nypd/ |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=THE CITY - NYC News |language=en-US}}
Career
Vincent Boudreau was a professor of political science, the director of the International Relations Department, the chair of the Political Science Department and the deputy dean of the Social Science Division at the City College of New York. Boudreau was also director of the Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership and Service from 2002 to 2013, prior to being dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership.{{Cite web|last=Mwamba |first=Jay |date=November 2, 2016|title=CCNY Interim President is Vincent Boudreau |url=https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2016/11/02/ccny-interim-president-is-vincent-boudreau/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=The City University of New York|language=en-us}}
In 2016, Boudreau was appointed interim president of City College of New York by the City University's board of trustees.{{Cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/nyregion/city-college-gets-interim-leader-after-presidents-sudden-exit.html |title=City College Gets Interim Leader After President’s Sudden Exit |first1=David W. |last1=Chen |date=November 2, 2017 |website=The New York Times|access-date= January 26, 2024}} In 2017, he became president of the City College of New York.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-23|title=City College president on keeping higher education affordable|url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/asked-answered/city-college-president-keeping-higher-education-affordable|url-access=subscription|access-date=2022-01-29|website=Crain's New York Business|language=en}}{{cite news|publisher=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/nyregion/city-college-new-president-vincent-boudreau.html |title=Hoping to Move Past Scandal, City College Names Permanent President |first=David W. |last=Chen |date=December 4, 2017}}
During the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests, Boudreau was criticized for employing the City of New York Police Department to break up an encampment in City College of New York campus. Amidst layoffs and an expected $100 million in budget cuts, the City University of New York approved $4 million to hire 100 additional police officers.
References
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