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"While Hostos is Falling Down, Chase Manhattan is Making Pounds"

This image depicts one of several CUNY wide demonstrations held in against crippling budget cuts that would threatened Hostos Community College's existence. Students were concerned about the impacts of retrenchment on diversity, Open Admissions and [...]

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, State and/or City budget
Tags: Budget Cuts, Hostos Community College, Lehman College, Protest
Letter from Wilfred A. Callender to Alfred Giardino: Concerns About Limited Space at Hostos

In this letter to the chairman of the Board of Higher Education in 1974, Hostos English professor, and Chapter Grievance Counselor, Wilfred Callender describes the inadequacy of the facilities at Hostos, pointing out how poor infrastructure has [...]

Item Type: Text (Diary / Correspondence)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: Board of Higher Education, Buildings and/or Architecture, Ethnic, Black or Latino Studies, State and/or City budget
Tags: Chancellor Robert Kibbee, Demands, Hostos Community College, Media / Press, Protest, Student Activism
De Hostos Echo, November - December, 1975

De Hostos Echo is the Hostos Community College bilingual student newspaper. This November/December 1975 issue features stories on mass demonstrations to save the school from closure in order to deal with budget cuts. Stories also include tips for [...]

Item Type: Text (Newspaper / Magazine / Journal)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Community Colleges, Labor Unions, Politics, Relationships with Communities, State and/or City budget, Student Organizations
Tags: Budget Cuts, Chancellor Robert Kibbee, Employment, Hostos Community College, Protest, Student Activism, Student Newspapers / Journals
"Help Us to Help Hostos"

Members of the Hostos Community College community joined a mass march in Albany against budget cuts.

Item Type: Image (Photograph)
Time Period: 1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects: 1970s Fiscal Crisis, Activism, Austerity, Community Colleges, Politics, State and/or City budget
Tags: Albany, Hostos Community College, Protest, Student Activism

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