Tag: City College
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“A Narrowing Gateway at CUNY: English Skills”
A piece detailing the limited classes for ESL students at CUNY campuses. Many students needed extra English skills before enrolling in their degree courses, but there was a space issue. CCNY officials are seeing declining enrollments for ESL students – but this may be a result of them not meeting the minimum entry requirements for…
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“Why Must English-as-a-Second-Language Be ‘Remedial’?”
An article from the president of CCNY objecting to the classification of ESL as “remedial” work. This piece also defends the strength of CCNY’s continued programs in the arts and humanities, rejecting the notion that ESL has somehow replaced the core curriculum. This is one of the only City College-centric pieces of news media during…
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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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“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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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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“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…
