By Mariel S. Clark
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — The City University of New York may soon have a new community college in Midtown, according to reports.
The school's Board of Trustees are expected to approve the creation of the fittingly named New Community College on Monday, according to the New York Post. If the college is also given the thumbs up by the New York Board of Regents it could open in the summer of 2012 near Bryant Park, according to the paper.
The campus, which is CUNY's first in four decades, would eventually move to a permanent home at Columbus Circle and enroll as many as 5,000 students, the Post reported.
The New Community College would offer associates degrees in subjects including information technology and environmental science and where graduates are more likely to find jobs within the city, according to the paper.
"We want students to be able to get jobs — because those two-year degrees help build the economy here in New York City — and we want them to go on for four-year degrees," the founding president, Dr. Scott Evenback, told the Post.
During the last decade, CUNY's enrollment has climbed by 43 percent, according to reports.
