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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
Press Release – A New Experimental College

In this press release, The City University of New York's Office of University Relations announces the creation of a new, experimental, two-year college to be "established on a community-oriented basis in central Brooklyn." The press release [...]

Item Type: Text (Report / Paper / Proposal)
Time Period: 1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Board of Trustees, City / State Relations, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Pedagogy, Relationships with Communities, Remediation, State and/or City budget
Tags: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Chancellor Albert Bowker, Community College Number Seven, Experimental Education, Medgar Evers College, Porter R. Chandler, The City University of New York Office of University Relations
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
New York Times: "CUNY To Tighten Admissions Policy At 4-Year Schools," May 27, 1998

This article from The New York Times reviews the decision made by CUNY’s Board of Trustees on May 26, 1998 to end the nearly three decade-long open admissions standards that had shaped the university system since 1970. The new plan, to shift [...]

Item Type: Text (Article / Essay)
Time Period: 1993-1999 End of Remediation and Open Admissions in Senior Colleges
Subjects: Activism, Admissions, Board of Trustees, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Politics, Remediation
Tags: Baruch College, Brooklyn College, City College of New York, College of Staten Island, Governor George Pataki, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology, Queens College, York College

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