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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
Janet Mayes: An Oral History of the CCNY 1960’s SEEK Program

In this oral history interview, Janet Mayes, a City College SEEK writing teacher reflects on her experiences with the program. Mayes joined CCNY in the spring of 1967, making her one of the seven original SEEK writing lecturers. She co-taught a SEEK [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Diversity, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Addison Gayle, Allen B. Ballard, Anthony Penale, Audre Lorde, Barbara Christian, Brooklyn College, City College of New York, Civil Rights Movement, Desegregation, Equal Opportunity Programs, Janet Mayes, Kenneth Bruffee, Leslie Berger, Mina Shaughnessy, Racial Justice, SEEK, Social Justice, Toni Cade Bambara, Tutoring, Writing pedagogy
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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