Tag: New York Times
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C.C.N.Y Plans to Expand
This point is the beginning around what will become the Open Admissions debate. What appears in the papers at this point is mostly debate between various members of the campus, rather than external reporting.
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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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Humanities Curricula Expanding
City College adds several graduate degrees this year, along with a curricular revamp at Queens College to restructure general education requirements. These articles detail a changing relationship between liberal arts education and different levels of schooling.
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“EMPLOYERS FOUND SHIFTING CRITERIA: City University Study Shows High Ability Is Now Being Put Above Personality”
STUDENT VIEW CHANGING Many Graduates Forgo High Starting Pay for Jobs That Pose Challenge Article ends with a section called “liberal arts appreciated” that argues that employers are increasingly valuing a liberal arts background, because candidates have a solid general education background and can specialize on the job. Read more
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Municipal Colleges Become City University of New York
“City University Proposed For 7 Municipal Colleges: CITY UNIVERSITY IS PROPOSED HERE” The name City University of New York is first used, shifting from just “the municipal colleges.” Largely, this move was to address increased demands for higher education, and to ensure that the municipal colleges in New York could grant PhDs. Read more.
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“For Free City Colleges: Opposition to Heald Committee Proposal Is Detailed”
A letter to the New York Times by Charles Tuttle (Board of Higher Education Member) on the importance of free and robust liberal arts education, before the official founding of the City University. “The result is a cruel injustice, an irrational discrimination against thousands of our well-qualified men and women handicapped by the accident of…
