Using the report as ammunition, profound reforms were pushed through by New York's then mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, and another alumnus, Herman Badillo (1951), America's first Puerto Rican congressman. A new head of CUNY was appointed. Matthew Goldstein, a mathematician (1963), has shifted the focus back towards higher standards amid considerable controversy.

纽约市当时的市长鲁道夫•丘里安尼以及同样是城市大学校友（1951届）的美国第一名波多黎各裔议员赫尔曼•巴蒂洛，利用该报告为导火索，对城市大学进行了深入改革。一名新校长上任，他叫马修•高德斯坦，是一名数学家。他把争议的焦点重新引回到了更高的入学标准之上。