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Crisis at CUNY

As the 1970s wore on, students and faculty at CUNY found themselves faced with an ominous environment. While the open admissions struggle of the late 1960s represented a signal achievement in the struggle to secure democratic access to quality [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Racism, Social Class, Transfer / Articulation
"Students Leave Classes to Rally Against Budget"

This front-page, above-the-fold New York Times coverage of the CUNY Coalition's March 23, 1995 protest reports that thousands of students walked out of class to protest the proposed state and city budget cuts to CUNY. The article relies mainly on [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Austerity, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, Protest

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