CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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CUNY SEEK and Open Admissions Oral Histories

This is a website of oral histories by CUNY students and teachers telling stories about the founding and early years of SEEK at City College. It also contains stories about teaching writing in the first decade of Open Admissions across CUNY.

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Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Admissions, Alumni, Diversity, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Affirmative Action, Allen B. Ballard, City College of New York, Curriculum, Eugenia Wiltshire, Francee Covington, John Brereton, Marvina White, Richard Sterling, SEEK, Social Class, Sondra Perl, Upward Mobility
We Must Stand United - Bronx Community College, a Center for Black Activism

We Must Stand United explores the contributions of history makers such as James Colston, Roscoe Brown, and countless generations of students who have made Bronx Community College (BCC) a center of black activism. It demonstrates BCC's crucial [...]

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Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Faculty Governance, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Black Panthers, Bronx Community College, Civil Rights Movement, James Colston, Racial Injustice, Roscoe Brown, Social Class, Student Activism
Letter from Congressman Rangel to Chairman Giardino

In December 1975 Congressman Charles Rangel wrote this letter to the Chairman of the Board of [Higher] Education, Alfred Giardino, to convey his opposition to the closure of Hostos Community College. As the United States Congressman representing a [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Austerity, Bilingual Education, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Tuition
Tags: Alfred Giardino, Budget Cuts, Hostos Community College, Social Class, Upward Mobility

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