What Is It?


 
        Created in September 1997, CUNY Lower Manhattan-Downtown Brooklyn Consortium of Foreign Languages seeks to achieve the goals and objectives of the University's LOTE (Languages Other Than English) initiative through coordinating foreign language curriculum and through improving communications and cooperation across Consortium member colleges and departments.  In addition to its effort to improve foreign language instruction, the Consortium also plays an important role in the current CUNY attempts to make contacts with the business and professional community, thereby helping CUNY students to use foreign language skills to enhance their career possibilities.
        The Consortium consists of Baruch College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and New York City Technical College, with Baruch College being the "home institution."