Two New Yale College Plans Advance
Calls for housing up to 460 students on Yale-owned land
Yale University’s two new proposed residential colleges, still called by placeholder names “North College” and “South College,” took a major step to becoming reality Wednesday night when the City Planning Commission provided initial zoning approval and gave the nod to go ahead with more detailed design.
The vote was not unanimous and followed the expression of concern for how welcoming a face the new buildings will offer the rest of the city.
At issue was approval of a new “planned development district” for a roughly seven-acre triangular plot bounded by Prospect Street, Sachem, and the Farmington Canal Greenway path. That zoning change allows Yale to put the $600 million project there.
The proposal passed in a three to one vote, with Commissioner Roy Smith voting for approval despite his concerns that the new colleges may not have sufficient openness to the rest of the community.
East Rock Alderman Justin Elicker cast the only no vote. He called Yale’s designs insufficiently detailed for an aspect of the plan, a theater proposed at the Sachem and Prospect corner.
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Yale University is where I
Yale University is where I got my masters in criminal justice. I constantly follow the news about it because it was the starting point of my career. I am glad that it's developing with two additional buildings. This means more students will be able to access a higher level of education at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
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What can you tell me about options to study for a health care administration degree? Will these expansion plans offer this possibility for new students? That would surely benefit a lot of people, including university, students and hospitals.
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Maybe this new expansion will attract more student who want to study for a nursing masters degree. We have a shortage of professional staff in our hospitals. Let us hope for the best in the future to come.
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Excuse me for intruding here. I just got my mba online and have some basic knowledge about how economics work. I have read about many colleges planning to expand in the near future. How is that possible? There is still a global economical instability and colleges have seen the number of students who enroll drop down. Where do they get the money to expand?
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