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A College in the City

This report, commissioned by Dr. William Birenbaum, then the president of the Educational Affiliate of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and later the first president of Staten Island Community College, argues that urban institutions of [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Buildings and/or Architecture, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Community College Number Seven, William B. Birenbaum
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

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