Category: era 1
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“EMPLOYERS FOUND SHIFTING CRITERIA: City University Study Shows High Ability Is Now Being Put Above Personality”
STUDENT VIEW CHANGING Many Graduates Forgo High Starting Pay for Jobs That Pose Challenge Article ends with a section called “liberal arts appreciated” that argues that employers are increasingly valuing a liberal arts background, because candidates have a solid general education background and can specialize on the job. Read more
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Early ’60s Accusations of Discrimination
Accusations of discrimination at the university predate the protests that occur in 1969 over the need for increased admission for Black and Puerto Rican students. Calls to combat discrimination begin intersecting with both cultural and curricular issues around liberal arts later in the decade.
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“Student Poll Reveals Wide Disbelief in God”
This is an early article that sets “liberal arts” and what we would now call “STEM” students in opposition at the University, via a poll conducted at City College. The article claims that liberal arts students believe less in God after graduating, and STEM students believe more strongly in God after they graduate.
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Municipal Colleges Become City University of New York
“City University Proposed For 7 Municipal Colleges: CITY UNIVERSITY IS PROPOSED HERE” The name City University of New York is first used, shifting from just “the municipal colleges.” Largely, this move was to address increased demands for higher education, and to ensure that the municipal colleges in New York could grant PhDs. Read more.
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“For Free City Colleges: Opposition to Heald Committee Proposal Is Detailed”
A letter to the New York Times by Charles Tuttle (Board of Higher Education Member) on the importance of free and robust liberal arts education, before the official founding of the City University. “The result is a cruel injustice, an irrational discrimination against thousands of our well-qualified men and women handicapped by the accident of…
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“Student Survey Shows Switch to Humanities”
An article that predates the University’s actual founding, with data from Brooklyn College. It claims that students are abandoning sciences for the humanities. The students interviewed for the study claim that the way that sciences are taught limit both their individuality and ability to think creatively. More dramatic quotes claim that science education leads to…
