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People's Handbook: Manhattan Community College, 1970-71

This handbook, a precursor to today's "disorientation" guides, offered incoming students a view of life at BMCC from the perspective of radicals in organizations that included the New University Conference, Third World Coalition, Night Students [...]

Item Type: Text (Pamphlet / Petition)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Community Colleges, Diversity, Gender, Health and/or Environmental Issues, Relationships with Communities, Student Organizations, Women's Studies
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Child Care, Vietnam War
Tiger Paper, January 1974

This edition of the Tiger Paper protests the impending firing of 1,700 adjunct faculty and the consequent reduction in the number of classes offered at BMCC. "Such a move spells disaster for Open Admissions," the paper's editors write.The [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Adjunct or Contingent Labor, Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Community Colleges, CUNY Administration, Open Admissions, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Budget Cuts, Child Care, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Puerto Rico
Tiger Paper, March 1974

This issue of the Tiger Paper exposes what the editors consider a sham testimonial dinner for BMCC President Edgar Draper. Other articles of interest include an extended interview with a BMCC student who served in Vietnam, the detailing of [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Buildings and/or Architecture, CUNY Administration, Diversity, Gender, Labor Unions, Politics
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Child Care, Edgar Draper, Editorial, Faculty Publication, Vietnam War, Women’s Movement / Feminism
STRIKE!, Prism, 1971

Prism was the Borough of Manhattan Community College's annual yearbook. This 35 page chapter from the 1971 edition details the student strike that, in May 1970, temporarily shut down the college and resulted in 58 arrests. Filled with photos, [...]

Item Type: Text (Book (excerpt))
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Activism, Community Colleges, Open Admissions, Student Organizations, Tuition
Tags: Borough of Manhattan Community College, Child Care, Protest, Student Activism

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