Category: era 2
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“CUNY Head Weighs Requiring New General-Education Courses”
This is another part of the narrative line of CUNY struggling to reform during the 1980s to better serve the city’s working-class high school graduates. The Times in this era often reports from the point of view of CUNY in crisis, making tough decisions in an effort to reform. This is underscored by the picture,…
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“Facing Budget Cuts, CUNY Turns Away Students”
The first signs of the end of Open Admissions. Anyone who submitted an application after the deadline was shut out. Read more.
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“Minorities at Baruch College Charge Neglect of Ethnicity”
Protests from students lead to a delay in Baruch’s reaccreditation. This article deals with both teacher diversity and curricular diversity, with students advocating in favor of both issues. The curricular issues center around humanities courses. Read more.
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“Lehman College to Open Satellite Campus in Japan”
In the early 1990s, Lehman College worked to open a satellite campus in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The article talks about liberal arts education as a “high technology export.” The goal of this venture was to create avenues for better international understanding. It also indicates further perceptions on behalf of the media outlets on…
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“When Welfare and Schooling Don’t Mix”
“They say that going to a four-year school and studying liberal arts does not prepare you for a job. But liberal arts makes you well-rounded. You learn how to speak, how to present yourself; it teaches you the essential things.” This article deals with a fundamental issue that faces CUNY during all time periods: educational…
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“Cuts at Hunter”
This letter to the editor argues against retrenchment and the firing of English faculty, who mainly teach introductory level and remedial English. This is framed as another issue of educational access for first-generation New Yorkers. Read more.
