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Newt Davidson Parody: Memo to Gov. Rockefeller on CUNY Planning

This recently discovered (August 2017) document from the papers of historian Judith Stein, is the only extant example of what preceded the Crisis at CUNY brochure. As explained in the interview done with four members of the Newt Davidson Collective, [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Higher Education, Labor Unions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Contingent Labor, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Professional Staff Congress, Technology, Union contract
Tiger Paper, January 1974

This edition of the Tiger Paper protests the impending firing of 1,700 adjunct faculty and the consequent reduction in the number of classes offered at BMCC. "Such a move spells disaster for Open Admissions," the paper's editors write.The [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Budget Cuts, Child Care, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Puerto Rico
25 Years of Progress: Professional Staff Congress/CUNY

In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY (PSC) published this collection of articles written by Irwin Yellowitz, "professor emeritus of history at City College and a former PSC treasurer." The articles and [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Austerity, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Faculty Governance, Labor Unions, Pedagogy, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, Chancellor Joseph S. Murphy, Chancellor Robert Kibbee, Governor George Pataki, Governor Mario Cuomo, Legislative Conference, Mayor Abraham Beame, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Professional Staff Congress, United Federation of College Teachers

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