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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
New York Times: "CUNY To Tighten Admissions Policy At 4-Year Schools," May 27, 1998

This article from The New York Times reviews the decision made by CUNY’s Board of Trustees on May 26, 1998 to end the nearly three decade-long open admissions standards that had shaped the university system since 1970. The new plan, to shift [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Board of Trustees, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Politics, Remediation
Tags: Baruch College, Brooklyn College, City College of New York, College of Staten Island, Governor George Pataki, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology, Queens College, York College

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