In the spring of 1970 , after President Nixon announced that the Cambodian Campaign would be extended , the college held two " heated " teach-ins about the conflict . Many other college campuses were home to student strikes across the nation . On May 7 , 1970 , the faculty voted 52-39 in favor of closing the college in protest of President Nixon 's handling of the Vietnam War and the killing of students by National Guardsmen at Kent State University and Jackson State College . But the closing of John Jay College would ultimately be up to its students , the faculty decided . At an impassioned student meeting , the final vote was 865 – 791 in favor of keeping the college open
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