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Memo to Brooklyn College Vice President John Quinn

This memo from the Women's Studies Steering Committee to Brooklyn College Vice President John Quinn (also the Committee Chairman on Structure) argues for the restructuring of interdisciplinary programs into a Women's Studies department, with the aim of fostering collective governance, reducing bureaucracy in curriculum development and shared faculty appointments. This resource demonstrates the politics of resource allocation and the staffing difficulties within interdisciplinary programs.

Source | Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Creator | Women's Studies Program Steering Committee
Date Created | October 29, 1979
Rights | Obtain From Brooklyn College Library, Archives and Special Collections
Item Type | Text (Memorandum)
Cite This document | Women's Studies Program Steering Committee, “Memo to Brooklyn College Vice President John Quinn ,” CUNY Digital History Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://cdha.cuny.edu/items/show/4322.

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