Tag: New York Times
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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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“Cuts at Hunter”
This letter to the editor argues against retrenchment and the firing of English faculty, who mainly teach introductory level and remedial English. This is framed as another issue of educational access for first-generation New Yorkers. Read more.
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“New Role for CUNY: Big Brother to Public Schools”
Another article that speaks to an attempt to rehabilitate CUNY’s reputation through stronger partnering with the “campus schools.” It details the integration of liberal arts and humanities programs into these initiatives. Read more.
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“Queens College, 50 Years Old, Seeks to Rebound”
A long piece about the revamping of both curricula and facilities at Queens College, 50 years after opening. This article details the need for an expansion of humanities programs. Specifically, it mentions a program to train teachers who are working with Latin American student populations, and a study to provide a framework for teaching American…
