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Song: "Hit the Road Matt: Good riddance to a reprehensible Chancellor!"

This version of the Ray Charles classic was written by members of the Graduate Center General Assembly and Adjunct Project on the occasion of CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's June 2013 retirement. The song references ongoing scandals over which [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 2010-2020 From OWS to Covid-19
Subjects: Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Admissions, Austerity, Board of Trustees, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Diversity, Faculty Governance, Financial Aid, Open Admissions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Retirees, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Adjunct, Baruch College, Brooklyn College, Graduate Center General Assembly, Matthew Goldstein, Medgar Evers College, Open Admissions, Pathways
"Black Students Union and Black Organizations Demonstration Against Genocide and Racism"

The Black Students Union and other supportive organizations sponsored a demonstration at the United Nations in April of 1976 to oppose the City University of New York’s proposals to close and merge colleges that mainly served minority communities. [...]

Item Type: Text (Flier / Leaflet (1 or 2 page handout))
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Community Colleges, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Student Organizations
Tags: Budget Cuts, Hostos Community College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Medgar Evers College, Protest, Racial Injustice, Racism

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