Judge Backs CUNY on Transfer Program

A state judge has backed the City University of New York on a challenge by its faculty union to the controversial "Pathways" program to align the curriculum to ease transfer from CUNY's two-year to four-year colleges. The Professional Staff Congress, the union, challenged the system's legal authority to institute a major academic change, arguing that faculty members needed to play more of a role. A state judge found this argument "devoid of merit."  The faculty union is vowing to appeal the judge's decision, and is also urging the New York City Council to intervene in the dispute.