Tag: New York Post
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“CUNY VOWS CRACKDOWN ON ANTI-U.S. HATEFEST”
The culture wars are alive and well in the New York Post. This article presents a much more extreme response to protests on campus than those seen in the 1960s. It’s also one of several articles that specifically mentions professor Leonard Jeffries, labeling him as an anti-Semite. Read more.
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“CUNY MAKING ‘HISTORY’ WITH NEW CURRICULUM”
From the New York Post, which always styles its article headlines in capital letters. This piece reports on a new core humanities curriculum at CUNY that would mandate more history and philosophy courses for students. Specifically, the article zeroes in on potential problems: “But perhaps the most controversial component is the call for the creation…
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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.
