CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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"We Accuse"

“We Accuse The Members of the Emergency Financial Control Board of Crimes Against the Community” flyer was created by the Community Coalition to Save Hostos (CCSH) for the May 10, 1976 march that proceeded from El Barrio to the headquarters of [...]

Item Type: Image (Poster / Print)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget, Student Organizations
Tags: Community Coalition to Save Hostos, Emergency Financial Control Board, Hostos Community College, Save Hostos Committee
CUNY Forum - Future of Public Higher Education

Airing on May 6, 1998, this episode of CUNY Forum features an hour-long discussion on the future of public higher education in New York City. Moderated by Brooklyn College Professor Ed Rogowsky, the forum includes several participants including [...]

Item Type: Video/Moving Image (VHS)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, Graduation Rates, Sandi Cooper
"We're all in this Together": CUNY in Solidarity with the Home Care Strike

This flyer promoted an April 17th CUNY rally held in opposition to budget cuts and tuition hikes. The CUNY rally participants joined Local 1199 and DC 1707 home care workers on the picket line. One of the core tenets of the Graduate Student [...]

Item Type: Image (Poster / Print)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Austerity, City / State Relations, Labor Unions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget, Student Organizations
Tags: CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY Strike, Home Care Workers Strike
Fourth Internationalist Tendency Flyer: Support the Student Takeovers

This newsletter produced by the Fourth Internationalist Tendency (FIT, a Trotskyist group) supported the CUNY student takeovers. It stated that Governor Cuomo, CUNY Chancellor Anne Reynolds, and Mayor Dinkins's proposal to cut CUNY's budget by $96 [...]

Item Type: Text
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Austerity, City / State Relations, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Tuition
Tags: CUNY Strike, Fourth Internationalist Tendency
Oral History Interview with Bill Friedheim and Jim Perlstein of Borough of Manhattan Community College

This oral history interview with retired Borough of Manhattan Community College professors Bill Friedheim and Jim Perlstein was conducted at the CUNY Graduate Center on June 1, 2015. Friedheim and Perlstein were intimately involved in many of the [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle, 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Trustees, Buildings and/or Architecture, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Faculty Governance, Gender, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, Student Organizations
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College
LaGuardia Works: LaGuardia Community College, the First 25 Years

This booklet, published in 1997, tells the story of the first 25 years of LaGuardia Community College, from its conception as "Community College Number Nine" in 1968 through its 1971 opening and beyond. The author describes the social and economic [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Periods: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition, 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Admissions, Austerity, Bilingual Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, Faculty Governance, Financial Aid, Gender, Immigration, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, Student Organizations
Tags: LaGuardia Community College
Project Enable: Training Program for Homeless Heads of Household Residing in Hotels/Shelters

This November 1986 report details the activities of a training program for homeless mothers in New York City conducted by LaGuardia Community College's Division of Continuing Education. The program, which covered personal counselling, job training [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, NYC Public Schools, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Continuing Education, Homelessness, LaGuardia Community College

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