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CUNY City-Wide Student Coalition

This CUNY-wide student coalition document outlined ten demands which included a call for Chancellor W. Ann Reynold's resignation, the elimination of tuition, no state cuts to education, student seats on multiple CUNY committees (including budget) and the implementation of a progressive state tax structure to provide a stable source of funding for public higher education. The students also demanded that Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds grant amnesty to all the students involved in the non-violent takeovers of campus buildings.

In 1991 a city-wide student coalition worked in solidarity with other groups to fight for the right to an education and against austerity and tuition increases. Strikes, demonstrations, teach-ins, and takeovers of multiple buildings across campuses were among the protest tactics used. The protestors also called for a restructuring of the CUNY Board of Trustees and implementing a progressive state tax structure.

Source | McCaffrey, Katherine
Date Created | 1991 (Circa)
Rights | Copyright McCaffrey, Katherine
Item Type | Text
Cite This document | “CUNY City-Wide Student Coalition,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/11902.

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