Dr. Diane B. Call

Diane B. Call is President of Queensborough Community College. Her career spans four decades at Queensborough and the City University of New York (CUNY) in virtually all major areas of administration and academics.

As Provost, Dr. Call led the Academic Affairs Division to create a student-centered learning environment in collaboration with her faculty and Student Affairs colleagues. Among her many outstanding achievements are programs for the recruitment and retention of faculty and a faculty development program. Dr. Call’s partnership with Student Affairs led to the implementation of the Freshman Academies for all full-time freshmen, and the establishment of an assessment protocol to measure their success.

Dr. Call holds a Doctor of Education degree in College and University Administration, a Master’s degree in Community College Administration and a second Master’s degree in Student Personnel Administration, all earned from Teachers College, Columbia University. Additionally, she holds a Certificate in Curriculum Development from the Harvard University School of Education.

Dr. Call was an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University, C.W. Post Graduate School of Education, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensborough’s Department of English. In her years at Queensborough, Dr. Call instituted the Instructional Support Services Center and Learning Lab and has led Admissions Services, Skills Assessment Testing, Academic Advisement, College Discovery and CSTEP. She consolidated Tutorial Services and the Writing Center, substantially increasing the number of students served.

Dr. Call has served as a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee of the College of Aeronautics (now Vaughn College), a Consultant to the United States Department of Education, Higher Education Programs’ Division of Institutional Development, and Consultant to the New York City Public Schools on Health Occupation Vocational Programs.