Nelson Rockefeller the nation. Rockefeller was re-elected in the three subsequent elections in 1962, 1966 and 1970, increasing the state's role in education, environmental protection, transportation, housing, welfare, medical aid, civil rights, and the arts. To pay for the increased government spending Rockefeller increased taxation - for example a Sales Tax was introduced in New York in 1965. He resigned three years into his fourth term to work at the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans. Rockefeller was the driving force in turning the State University of New York into the largest system of public higher education in the United States. Under
The European University of America is now known as the International University of America in London. The European University of America The International University of America was the precursor of Britain's International University of America in London. The European University of America began in 1980 as a small private business college in San Francisco, California. The London Campus opened in February 1992. For more than a decade the San Francisco branch of the school, which focused largely on French students seeking an American MBA program, offered a California state-approved master's degree in international business, focusing on a single major project. Over time the university shifted