A victory of the Civil Rights Movement, Open Admissions meant working people, the poor, people of color, and immigrants whose segregated, inferior public education may have failed to adequately prepare them for college-level work would not be denied the chance for a decent education a second time by being denied access to college.
Archive for the ‘welfare rights’ Category
Spring 1998: Demands for Open Admissions
Posted in access to education, Hostos Community College, Open Admissions, Organizing tactics and strategy, Radical people of color organizing, welfare rights on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1996 SLAM factsheet on Workfare and CUNY students
Posted in access to education, childcare access, welfare rights, women of color on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
7,000 CUNY students have already been forced to leave school to “work off” their monthly check of less than $500, which already leaves students and their children way below the poverty line. The Work Experience Program does not give people real jobs. It just prevents people from getting the education that they need to get a decent one in the future.
