CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

A participatory project to collect and preserve the histories of the City University of New York

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Free University Week - 1st Annual May Day Course Descriptions

This pamphlet features workshops, teach-ins and events planned for the 1st annual Free University of New York City on May 1, 2012, in Madison Square Park, Manhattan, NY. In addition to talks by David Harvey, David Graeber, Francis Fox Piven, Chris [...]

Item Type: Text (Curricular Material)
Time Period: 2010-2020 From OWS to Covid-19
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Austerity, Diversity, Gender, Immigration, NYC Public Schools, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations
Tags: Chris Hedges, David Graeber, David Harvey, Francis Fox Piven, Free University of New York City, Graduate Center General Assembly, May Day, Occupy CUNY, Student Activism
"Ready to Learn, Ready to Work"

This City Limits article from 1986 describes LaGuardia Community College's program for homeless women in New York City.

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, Immigration, NYC Public Schools, Open Admissions, Relationships with Communities
Tags: Accessibility, Homelessness, Job Training, LaGuardia Community College
Project Enable: Training Program for Homeless Heads of Household Residing in Hotels/Shelters

This November 1986 report details the activities of a training program for homeless mothers in New York City conducted by LaGuardia Community College's Division of Continuing Education. The program, which covered personal counselling, job training [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1978-1992 Retrenchment - Austerity - Tuition
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Diversity, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, NYC Public Schools, Pedagogy, Politics, Relationships with Communities, Remediation
Tags: Continuing Education, Homelessness, LaGuardia Community College
Oral History Interview with Suzy Subways

In this interview, Suzy Subways discussed the queer and feminist politics of the Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM!) and the larger movement in and beyond CUNY in the 1990s and early 2000s. She discussed her work with the Welfare Action [...]

Item Type: Oral History (Digital)
Time Periods: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges, 2000-2010 Centralization of CUNY
Subjects: Activism, Gender, NYC Public Schools, Open Admissions, Politics, Student Organizations
Tags: Brooklyn College, CUNY Coalition Against the Cuts, Hunter College, Student Liberation Action Movement, Welfare Action Committee at Brooklyn College

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