Tag: New York Daily News
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“America at War”
This very short “goings on about town” piece from the Daily News exemplifies the public turn of humanities education, especially at the Graduate Center, going on at this time. The public event connects the war in Iraq to the Philippine-American war.
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“CUNY Moves Beyond “Brick and Mortar” Education”
This piece focuses on a move by CUNY to make education more accessible, thanks to new technology – the entirely online bachelor’s degree. The article focuses on elements that previously barred students from attending universities in a traditional setting, and how online degree programs present a remedy to these issues and a path towards academic…
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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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“Gallagher Resigns, Blasts Budget Hatchet Job”
After months of student protests and a declaration of budget cuts, longtime president Buell Gallagher of CCNY resigns. This report from the Daily News is much more emotive than the times supporting, juxtaposing a frantic and distressed-looking Gallagher with a smug looking Albert H. Bowker, then chancellor. This type of visual flourish completely contradicts the…
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Baruch Separates from City, Almost Eliminates Liberal Arts Program
Education, and specifically liberal arts education, connect again with political and cultural debate in the process of establishing Baruch College as a separate campus. Protests broke out over a recommendation that the campus eliminate its liberal arts programs and be solely an “upper division” campus for business and administration. Coverage focuses primarily on the elimination…
