CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

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Medgar Evers College - The Pursuit of a Community's Dream

In this short book, Medgar Evers College: The Pursuit of a Community's Dream, CUNY retired professors Florence Tager and Zala Highsmith-Taylor tell the story of the founding of the college. As an institution born largely out of 1960s [...]

Item Type: Text (Book (excerpt))
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Admissions, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Politics, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Bowker Files, Community College Number Seven, Florence Tager, Louise Glover, Medgar Evers College, Upward Mobility, Zala Highsmith-Taylor
Minutes of Proceedings: Establishing Community College Number Seven

In these minutes of proceedings from a January 22, 1968 meeting of the Board of Higher Education, the Board resolves to create the "Committee to Seek Presidents for Community Colleges Seven and Eight." The committee is first tasked with filling the [...]

Item Type: Text
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Admissions, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Common First Semester, Community College Number Seven, Curriculum, Experimental Education, Frederick H. Burkhardt, Medgar Evers College, Occupational Education, Porter R. Chandler
Report of the Citizens' Commission on the Future of the City University of New York

In November 1969, CUNY's Board of Higher Education formed and tasked the Citizens' Commission to "study the future of the University in all its aspects." Their analysis resulted in the creation of an extensive report in 1971 that detailed the [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Admissions, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Baruch College, Budget Cuts, Citizens Commision

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