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Crisis at CUNY

As the 1970s wore on, students and faculty at CUNY found themselves faced with an ominous environment. While the open admissions struggle of the late 1960s represented a signal achievement in the struggle to secure democratic access to quality [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, CUNY Administration, CUNY Centralization, Founding of CUNY, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget, Tuition
Tags: Budget Cuts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Racism, Social Class, Transfer / Articulation
"Winter Soldiers - The Story of a Conspiracy Against the Schools"

Published in 1941 by the Committee for Defense of Public Education, a joint committee of the Teachers Union and the College Teachers Union, Winter Soldiers tells the story of the Rapp-Coudert hearings and New York State's efforts to rid its [...]

Item Type: Text (Book (excerpt))
Time Period: 1847-1945 The First Century of Public Higher Education in NYC
Subjects: Academic Freedom, Activism, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Higher Education, City / State Relations, Labor Unions, Pedagogy, Politics
Tags: Anti-War, Charles Hendley, City College of New York, Free Speech, Max Yergan, Morris Schappes, Rapp-Coudert Committee, Teachers Union

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