Tag: Brooklyn College
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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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“College Meeting to Discuss Migration”
This piece is another indication that reporting about CUNY and its initiatives has moved into more populist papers like the Daily News. This piece reports on “The Caribbean Diaspora: Process of Migration and Settlement,” a conference on the Caribbean diaspora. This is the third annual conference in this series hosted at Brooklyn College, showing a…
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Ethnic Studies Revisited
The establishment of ethnic studies at the campuses did not go entirely smoothly; City was forced to expand its program. The Times publishes different views on the addition of these programs during the year.
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“Unrequired Reading”
This is an article about the reading habits of students at Brooklyn College that both manages to read as lighthearted and snooty. The tone is set by a New Yorker-esque cartoon at the top of the article, illustrating a couple strolling on the campus. More importantly, it is another demonstration of reporting that sets the…
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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.
