CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

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

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Oral History Interview with Sandi Cooper

In this 2018 interview Sandi Cooper, history professor emerita, reflects on her six decade-long involvement with the university, its students, and the faculty senate. Cooper, whose research specialty focuses on peace studies, spent the majority of [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover, 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition, 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges, 2000-2010 Centralization of CUNY, 2010-2020 From OWS to Covid-19
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Trustees, CUNY Administration, Faculty Governance, Gender, Labor Unions, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, State and/or City budget, Women's Studies
Tags: Benno Schmidt, Chancellor Ann Reynolds, City Hall, College of Staten Island, Congressman Herman Badillo, CUNY Graduate Center, Experimental Education, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Mina Shaughnessy, Pathways, Peace Studies, Professional Staff Congress, Sandi Cooper, Staten Island, Union contract, Veterans, Vietnam War, Women’s Movement / Feminism
Letter from the "Adjunct and Part-time Faculty Caucus"

Posted on the walls of John Jay College in 1973, this letter from the Executive Committee of the "Adjunct and Part-time Faculty Caucus" called for broader support from the CUNY community for the dignity and rights of adjunct faculty. In addition to [...]

Item Type: Text (Memorandum)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Labor Unions
Tags: Adjunct and Part-time Faculty Caucus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Professional Staff Congress
PSC/CUNY Executive Council Resolution on the Proposed Elimination of Hostos Community College

In 1976, the Executive Council of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) produced this resolution to convey their opposition to the proposal to close multiple community college campuses in New York City’s effort to save money. They also resolved [...]

Item Type: Text (Resolution / Legislation)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Labor Unions, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget
Tags: Bronx Community College, Budget Cuts, College of Staten Island, Hostos Community College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology, Professional Staff Congress, Solidarity

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