Category: era 2
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“Writers Conference at Evers”
Reporting about Medgar Evers from the Amsterdam News suggests a renaissance in the mid 1980s, or perhaps indicates that the campus was perceived to be coming into its own for the first time. This article details the Humanities Division hosting its “First National Black Writers Conference” with a grant from the NEH. These articles from…
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“Medgar Evers College regains four year status”
This article revisits the charge of the college, which is to provide professionalization while not neglecting liberal arts education for those in the Brooklyn community where the campus resides. The campus had previously lost four-year status during the fiscal crisis, only 7 years after opening. Read more.
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Ad: “Scholars Against the Escalating Danger of the Far Right”
This ad, placed days before Regan’s second presidential election, is included because of the presence of CUNY professors that have signed on, which account for about half of the list of “initiators.” They decry the fact that funding for the humanities and social sciences had been “cut to the bone” in the first four years…
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“CUNY Tech Student Theatre Works Productions”
Very consistent reporting from the Amsterdam News about arts events and happenings at CUNY in the middle of the decade. The article also mentions that while the college focuses on technical education, it is also working on expanding the robustness of its liberal arts programs. Read more.
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“See ray of hope for Evers College”
This article details the rise of a new president at Medgar Evers, who is described as the first president of the college “whose academic qualification and experience there could be no question.” He promises to set up a Division of African and Caribbean Studies and the Humanities. He promises to raise the prestige of the…
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“City U. Profiles Its ’81 Graduates a Year Later”
This piece suggests that the University is doing well at meeting its goals in terms of serving unrepresented students who normally would not have access to a college education. It also reflects a growing concern for the financial state of humanities graduates. Read more.
