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Crisis at CUNY

As the 1970s wore on, students and faculty at CUNY found themselves faced with an ominous environment. While the open admissions struggle of the late 1960s represented a signal achievement in the struggle to secure democratic access to quality [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Racism, Social Class, Transfer / Articulation
Oral History Interview with Vera Weekes

Originally from Montserrat, Vera Weekes discusses her experience immigrating to the United States in 1989 and her subsequent decades at Medgar Evers College beginning in 1990. A senior paralegal and a Board of Immigration Appeals accredited [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition, 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Diversity, Immigration, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget
Tags: Albany, Higher Education Officer (HEO), Medgar Evers College, Professional Staff Congress, Undocumented Students / Immigrants, Upward Mobility

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