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Song: "Hit the Road Matt: Good riddance to a reprehensible Chancellor!"
This version of the Ray Charles classic was written by members of the Graduate Center General Assembly and Adjunct Project on the occasion of CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's June 2013 retirement. The song references ongoing scandals over which [...]
City Council Press Release on Sex Discrimination
This press release from the New York City Council Office of Public Information announces Councilmember Carol Greitzer's accusation that the Board of Education "discriminated against thousands of women employees at a financial loss running into the [...]
"U.S. Court Rules Against City U. in Sex-Bias Suit"
Ten years after a class action lawsuit was filed in 1973 by 25 women faculty across CUNY campuses, a federal judge ruled that CUNY had "discriminated unlawfully against women on its teaching staff for 15 years by paying them less than men in [...]
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 [...]
May 3, 1968, Faculty Council Minutes Supporting a Proposal to Integrate Brooklyn College
As the demand for Open Admissions intensified throughout the CUNY system, Faculty Council Minutes from May 3, 1968, document a discussion regarding the increased enrollment of a more racially, ethnically and culturally reflective and responsive [...]
January 29, 1970 Request for Creation of a Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College
This January 29, 1970, letter, written by Professor Josephine Nieves, Director of the Institute for Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College (BC), makes an official request to found a Department of Puerto Rican Studies at the college. The letter [...]
February 6, 1971 Letter from the Puerto Rican Faculty and Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College President Office Announcing the formation of the New Organization
A February 6, 1971 letter from the newly formed Puerto Rican Faculty & Staff Organization to the Brooklyn College (BC) president, details the organization's objectives to racially and culturally transform the BC campus. The letter specifically noted [...]