To gain a clearer picture of early childhood-related offerings throughout the state's higher education system, and to explore some specific issues related to the state's teacher preparation system, the ECAC with its partner members, New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute and the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children engaged the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct the Early Childhood Higher Education Inventory (Kipnis, Ryan, Austin, Whitebook, & Sakai, 2012). The Inventory is designed to describe variations in program content, age-group focus, student field-based learning, and faculty characteristics in early childhood degree programs offered within a state. (author abstract)