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Tiger Paper, February 1972

This issue of the Tiger Paper contains humorous takedowns of the college administration, a call for free subways, a critique of the state of nursing education, and an extended interview with radical poet Sonia Sanchez.The Tiger Paper, which [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Academic Freedom, Activism, Board of Higher Education, CUNY Administration, Faculty Governance, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, Labor Unions, Open Admissions, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Edgar Draper, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Media / Press, Sonia Sanchez
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
Letter to Brooklyn College President John Kneller on Budget Cuts and Faculty Tenure

During the 1970s, CUNY experienced a fiscal crisis resulting in faculty and staff layoffs, increased tuition, as well as cutbacks in open enrollment. As a result, the coordinators of the Brooklyn College Women's Studies Program drafted this letter [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Austerity, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition, Women's Studies
Tags: Brooklyn College, Budget Cuts, Employment, John Kneller, Tucker Pamella Farley, Women’s Movement / Feminism
Oral History Interview with Renate Bridenthal

This oral history interview with Renate Bridenthal, a founding member of the Brooklyn College Women’s Organization, discusses the political climate at Brooklyn College from the 1960s through the 1980s amidst the historical backdrop of the various [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover, 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, Legal, Pedagogy, Politics, Women's Studies
Tags: Bart Meyers, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn College Women's Organization, Child Care, Freddie Wachsberger, Renate Bridenthal, Sex discrimination, Tucker Pamella Farley, Women's Center, Women’s Movement / Feminism

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