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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
Crisis at CUNY

As the 1970s wore on, students and faculty at CUNY found themselves faced with an ominous environment. While the open admissions struggle of the late 1960s represented a signal achievement in the struggle to secure democratic access to quality [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Racism, Social Class, Transfer / Articulation

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