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Oral History Interview with Former CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker (Tapes 2-4)

In this oral history interview, conducted in May 1985, Julius C. C. Edelstein interviews former CUNY Chancellor Albert Bowker. Both men were administrative architects of CUNY's Open Admissions policy. This transcript was compiled from tapes 2-4 of [...]

Item Type: Oral History
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Board of Trustees, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Tuition
Tags: Chancellor Albert Bowker, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Julius C.C. Edelstein, Mayor John Lindsay, Mayor Robert Wagner
"Before Open Admissions there was a lot of the haves and the have-nots." – An Oral History Interview with Donal Farley

Following almost 10 years at the NYC Budget Bureau, Donal Farley began his employment at CUNY Central in 1967 as Assistant to the first Vice Chancellor for Campus Planning and Development Seymour Hyman. Under Chancellor Albert Bowker, he eventually [...]

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, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, Buildings and/or Architecture, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Chancellor Albert Bowker, CUNY Construction Fund, CUNY Office of Campus Planning and Development, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Mayor John Lindsay, Seymour C. Hyman, State Dormitory Authority
"Board, City Push Hunt for York Site"

This article from the New York Daily News details an early push from civic leaders to find a temporary location for the nascent York College in Jamaica, Queens. Founded in 1966, two years prior to this article's printing, the college initially [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, CUNY Administration, Relationships with Communities
Tags: City Planning Commission, Jamaica, Mayor John Lindsay, Queens, Seymour C. Hyman, York College

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