RFCUNY - Queensborough Community College

Queensborough Community College, in collaboration with the Rubin Museum of Art, the Katonah Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, and the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, as well as Visual Thinking Strategies and the Literacy Assistance Center, will build and support museum–community college partnerships that dramatically improve both institutions’ ability to engage and serve adult English language learners and their families. Through the collaborative implementation of “meCALTA,” these partnerships will open pathways for some of the country’s newest residents to language skills, cultural capital, higher education, and workforce development, while simultaneously helping each institution expand its reach and maintain its relevance in increasingly diverse communities. This project will demonstrate, refine, evaluate, and disseminate the model program across the greater New York City metropolitan area and nationwide.