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Medgar Evers College is one of eleven four-year colleges in the City University system. Located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, it was named after the late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, and was created with the mission of empowering and providing educational opportunities to the city’s educationally underserved black communities. The college celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, but it has just come off a tumultuous period that culminated in the ouster of its previous president. Is the college serving its mission, and what challenges does it face going forward?

Dr. Patricia Ramsey, who just took over as the college’s new president and who has her own vision of the college’s future, discussed these issues

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