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A Proposal for the Establishment of Community College Number Seven

This proposal for the founding of Community College Number Seven (later named Medgar Evers College) was put forward by the Board of Higher Education in November 1967. In this excerpt (pages 11-15), the Board establishes their desire to place a new [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Admissions, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, Diversity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Community College Number Seven, Curriculum, Medgar Evers College
Proposal to Plan and Implement Departmental Programs for Community College No. 7

This document describes previous authorizations regarding the creation of Community College No. 7 (Medgar Evers College) and three additional community colleges. It goes on to detail one of the more unique features of the college: a community [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, Diversity, NYC Public Schools, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Community College Number Seven, Core Semester, Experimental Education, Medgar Evers College, Office of the Dean of Community College Affairs
Educating Deaf Adults: The LaGuardia Community College Model

Among LaGuardia Community College's innovative programs was one aimed at Deaf learners that the New York Times called "the most comprehensive educational program for deaf persons in New York City." Under the LaGuardia model, Deaf students were [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Admissions, Alumni, Board of Higher Education, Community Colleges, Diversity, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Deaf Education, LaGuardia Community College

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