Category: timeline
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CUNY Ends Open Admissions: “286 PASS ‘SECOND CHANCE’ CUNY ENTRANCE EXAM”
The Post’s report on the policy that ended open admissions and remediation for CUNY students. Instead, students needed to take an entrance exam in order to qualify for placement in the senior colleges – one that they only had two chances to pass. The tone sems sympathetic towards the affected students. Read more.
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“DeVry Gives Career Training the Old College Try”
A new college in Queens called DeVry markets itself as providing “career-oriented liberal arts training.” A CUNY professor respond to this with worries that the students are not getting a proper liberal arts education, and that the schools cost more and do not provide students with enough resources. A student interviewed in the article came…
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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…
