 Ferraro received honorary degrees during the 1980s and early 1990s , from Marymount Manhattan College ( 1982 ) , New York University Law School ( 1984 ) , Hunter College ( 1985 ) , Plattsburgh College ( 1985 ) , College of Boca Raton ( 1989 ) , Virginia State University ( 1989 ) , Muhlenberg College ( 1990 ) , Briarcliffe College for Business ( 1990 ) , and Potsdam College ( 1991 ) . She subsequently received an honorary degree from Case Western Reserve University ( 2003 ) . 
