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Tiger Paper, March 1974

This issue of the Tiger Paper exposes what the editors consider a sham testimonial dinner for BMCC President Edgar Draper. Other articles of interest include an extended interview with a BMCC student who served in Vietnam, the detailing of [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Buildings and/or Architecture, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Labor Unions, Politics
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Child Care, Edgar Draper, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Vietnam War, Women’s Movement / Feminism
Letter to Brooklyn College President John Kneller on Budget Cuts and Faculty Tenure

During the 1970s, CUNY experienced a fiscal crisis resulting in faculty and staff layoffs, increased tuition, as well as cutbacks in open enrollment. As a result, the coordinators of the Brooklyn College Women's Studies Program drafted this letter [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Austerity, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Budget Cuts, Employment, John Kneller, Tucker Pamella Farley, Women’s Movement / Feminism
"City's Personnel Policies Called Biased"

This New York Times article outlines charges against the city that alleged discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring and promotions at CUNY. Women's Studies Program co-coordinators and Brooklyn College Women's Organization members [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Legal, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Employment, Lilia Melani, Sex discrimination, Women’s Movement / Feminism
Letter from BCWO to President Kneller on Sex Discrimination

This letter to Brooklyn College president John Kneller informs him of the Brooklyn College Women's Organization's (BCWO) formation of "a Discrimination Committee to investigate charges of sex discrimination against any woman on campus, having [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Legal, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Women's Organization, Child Care, Demands, John Kneller, Lilia Melani, Renate Bridenthal, Women’s Movement / Feminism

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