Editing Hunter College (section)

===CUNY era===

[[File:West Building Hunter College CUNY.jpg|thumb|right|The West (seen here in the background) and East Buildings were constructed in 1981–86 – following a delay due to the [[1975 New York City fiscal crisis]] – and were designed in the [[Modernist architecture|Modernist style]] by [[Ulrich Franzen]] & Associates; skyways connect all the buildings]]
Hunter became the [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]] of the municipal system, and in the 1950s, when [[City College of New York|City College]] became coeducational, Hunter started admitting men to its [[Bronx]] campus. In 1964, the [[Manhattan]] campus began admitting men also.<ref>[https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/documents/archives/finding_aids/Selected_History_of_Hunter_College_Collection.pdf#page=4 https://library.hunter.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/documents/archives/finding_aids/Selected_History_of_Hunter_College_Collection.pdf]</ref> The Bronx campus subsequently became [[Lehman College]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1968-07-02 |title=Hunter's Bronx Unit Now Lehman College |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/07/02/archives/hunters-bronx-unit-now-lehman-college.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1968–1969, Black and Puerto Rican students struggled to get a department that would teach about their history and experience. These and supportive students and faculty expressed this demand through building take-overs, rallies, etc. In Spring 1969, Hunter College established Black and Puerto Rican Studies (now called Africana/Puerto Rican and Latino Studies). An "[[open admissions]]" policy initiated in 1970 by the City University of New York opened the school's doors to historically underrepresented groups by guaranteeing a college education to any and all who graduated from NYC high schools. Many African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Puerto Ricans, and students from the developing world made their presence felt at Hunter, and even after the end of "open admissions" still comprise a large part of the school's student body. As a result of this increase in enrollment, Hunter opened new buildings on Lexington Avenue during the early 1980s. In further advancing Puerto Rican studies, Hunter became home to the [[Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños]] ("Center for Puerto Rican Studies" or simply "Centro") in 1982.

In 2006, Hunter became home to the [[Bella Abzug]] Leadership Institute, which has training programs for young women to build their leadership, public speaking, business and advocacy skills.