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 Stuart Schaar

This interview with Stuart Schaar, Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Brooklyn College, was conducted by Douglas Medina for his research on Open Admissions at CUNY. Stuart Schaar was raised in the Bronx and attended the City College 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
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Academic Freedom, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Open Admissions
Tags: Brooklyn College, City College of New York, Civil Rights Movement, Occupy Wall Street, SEEK
Oral History Interview with Joan Greenbaum, Fern Khan, and Sandy Watson of LaGuardia Community College

Oral history interview with Sandy Watson, Joan Greenbaum, and Fern Khan of LaGuardia Community College. The interview was conducted on January 22, 2015 at the CUNY Graduate Center by Steve Brier and Andrea Ades Vásquez. The subjects discuss the [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 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
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Bilingual Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, CUNY Centralization, Diversity, Faculty Governance, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Relationships with Communities, Retirees
Tags: Continuing Education, Deaf Education, LaGuardia Community College
Brooklyn College Women's Union Meeting

The Women's Union at Brooklyn College was an organization comprised of many faculty and staff from the Women's Studies Program, but existed as a separate entity that would tackle political and administrative issues affecting women at the college. [...]

Item Type: Text (Notes / Minutes)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Diversity, Financial Aid, Gender, Politics, Tuition, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Homophobia, Renate Bridenthal, Social Class, Women’s Movement / Feminism
LaGuardia Works: LaGuardia Community College, the First 25 Years

This booklet, published in 1997, tells the story of the first 25 years of LaGuardia Community College, from its conception as "Community College Number Nine" in 1968 through its 1971 opening and beyond. The author describes the social and economic [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Periods: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition, 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Admissions, Austerity, Bilingual Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, Faculty Governance, Financial Aid, Gender, Immigration, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, Student Organizations
Tags: LaGuardia Community College

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