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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
Five Demands

This handout, created by a group of protesting City College students, offers insight into the motivations behind a campus-wide strike in April/May 1969. Black and Puerto Rican students, as well as white supporters, demanded the college meet these [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Bilingual Education, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Black and Puerto Rican Studies, Buell Gallagher, City College of New York, Harlem, Open Admissions, Police, Protest, SEEK, Student Activism, Student Strike
May 3, 1968, Faculty Council Minutes Supporting a Proposal to Integrate Brooklyn College

As the demand for Open Admissions intensified throughout the CUNY system, Faculty Council Minutes from May 3, 1968, document a discussion regarding the increased enrollment of a more racially, ethnically and culturally reflective and responsive [...]

Item Type: Text (Notes / Minutes)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Faculty Governance, Open Admissions, Puerto Rican Studies
Tags: admissions, African American Students, Afro-American Studies, Black Students, Black Studies, Brooklyn College, Committee on Educational Opportunity, diversity, Faculty Council Minutes, George A. Peck, Hobart S. Jarrett, James Singer, Nathan Schmukler, President Harold Syrett, Puerto Rican Students, Recruitment of non-whites, SEEK

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