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"Save Hostos Now!"

In March of 1975, the Community Coalition to Save Hostos took over the school in protest over the Board of Higher Education’s decision to close Hostos Community College. This flier announces the occupation of the school and articulates the demands [...]

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, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, Coalition, Hostos Community College, Protest, Student Activism
Q's and A's about the Take-Over of 500 Grand Concourse

This information sheet produced by Hostos United/Hostos Unido offers students, faculty, and community members basic information about the occupation of the 500 Grand Concourse building in the Spring of 1978. To demand needed funding to complete [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Student Organizations
Tags: Demands, Hostos Community College, Movement Building, Professional Staff Congress, Protest, Student Activism

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