Tag: Open Admissions
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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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“The National Writing Project”
A longform article on the need for writing instruction and how it has progressed in the post-1960s era that pushed for universal higher education. CUNY’s Basic Writing program is featured along with the work of CUNY professor Mina Shaughnessy. The movement at CUNY is taken as a jumping off point for a national dialogue around…
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Open Admissions Policy Announced
The plan to offer a place to all public NYC high school graduates at CUNY is scheduled to be implemented in the Fall 1970 semester. Read more.