Category: timeline
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“The Wrecking of a College”
This is a rare report from outside of the tri-state area, and a very negative one at that. It insists that the newly instated open admissions policy at CUNY is resulting in “semi-illiterate” students on campus and a general destruction of academic standards. The article cites both the lack of training that these students have…
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“A Crunch Is Coming in Higher Education”
This long piece is the Wall Street Journal take on the upcoming crisis of space within the higher education institutions in New York City. It reports from a more numerical and financial perspective than the pieces in the Times. Read more. Related is a piece about a roundtable discussion held by the local college presidents…
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The Establishment of Ethnic Studies at CUNY
As a result of the protests at City College, campuses begin adding programs in various fields of ethnic studies. The addition of these programs faces both support and opposition from faculty and outside sources.
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City University In Perspective
This is an article series published by The Amsterdam News was written by professor Clarence Funnye, who wrote a long and sometimes scathing assessment on the situation of the City University of New York after the City College protests. Unlike the vast majority of the pieces found in this archive, this piece was written by…
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Open Admissions Policy Announced
The plan to offer a place to all public NYC high school graduates at CUNY is scheduled to be implemented in the Fall 1970 semester. Read more.
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“Art and Engineering Students in Separate Worlds: Different Motivation Found on Protests and Life Aims”
This article takes an almost pseudo-scientific approach to the recurring conflict reported between the liberal arts and engineering students on the CCNY campus. The piece has a more conservative tone when it comes to the liberal arts students versus the engineering ones, with more regard being given to the industriousness of the latter, and relating…
