CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

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Labor at the Crossroads (CUNY 1998)

Co-produced by the CUNY Association for Worker Education and the Department of Communications at Hunter College, this video features footage of February 1995 CUNY/SUNY student protests in Albany as well as discussions featuring CUNY professors Sandi [...]

Item Type: Video/Moving Image (VHS)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Labor Unions, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Blanche Wiesen Cook, Budget Cuts, Labor at the Crossroads, Sandi Cooper
CUNY Forum - Future of Public Higher Education

Airing on May 6, 1998, this episode of CUNY Forum features an hour-long discussion on the future of public higher education in New York City. Moderated by Brooklyn College Professor Ed Rogowsky, the forum includes several participants including [...]

Item Type: Video/Moving Image (VHS)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, Graduation Rates, Sandi Cooper
A Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Seven

This proposal for the founding of Community College Number Seven (later named Medgar Evers College) was put forward by the Board of Higher Education in November 1967. In this excerpt (pages 11-15), the Board establishes their desire to place a new [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Admissions, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Community College Number Seven, Curriculum, Medgar Evers College
Press Release – A New Experimental College

In this press release, The City University of New York's Office of University Relations announces the creation of a new, experimental, two-year college to be "established on a community-oriented basis in central Brooklyn." The press release [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Chancellor Albert Bowker, Community College Number Seven, Experimental Education, Medgar Evers College, Porter R. Chandler, The City University of New York Office of University Relations
"Education for Deaf Students at LaGuardia Community College"

This article from the CUNY Research Foundation's Annual Report of 1985 highlights the achievements of LaGuardia's programs for Deaf students.

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Community Colleges, Diversity, Immigration, NYC Public Schools, Pedagogy, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Deaf Education, LaGuardia Community College
"Governor Cuomo Visits LaGuardia CC's Program for the Deaf"

This article published in a CUNY-wide bulletin describes a visit by then-governor Mario Cuomo to LaGuardia's program for Deaf adults. Recognizing the success of the program, the governor pledged $125,000 in funding for the coming year.

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Bilingual Education, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, NYC Public Schools, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Deaf Education, LaGuardia Community College
UFCT Legislative Memo: Petition Against State Budget Cuts

This memo was issued to the members of the United Federation of College Teachers (UFCT) on behalf of union president Israel Kugler. It announces a petition drive against proposed budget cuts at CUNY. The document illustrates that even in times of [...]

Item Type: Text (Memorandum)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Admissions, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, Labor Unions, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, College Discovery Program, Faculty Compensation, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Israel Kugler, SEEK, United Federation of College Teachers
Letter to Governor Carey from Peter Roman, Chairman of Hostos Social Sciences Department

The chairman of the Social Sciences department at Hostos Community College penned this letter to Governor Hugh Carey asking him to prevent the closure of Hostos and the merger with Bronx Community College. Professor Peter Roman argues that the [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Bilingual Education, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Governor Hugh Carey, Hostos Community College, Racial Injustice, Social Class, Upward Mobility

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