ACCESS TO FREE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY: 1847-1961 (CITY COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY, POLICY).
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Title
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ACCESS TO FREE PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY: 1847-1961 (CITY COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY, POLICY).
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Identifier
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AAI8409411
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identifier
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8409411
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Creator
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NEUMANN, FLORENCE MARGARET.
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Contributor
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Joseph Bensman
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Sociology of
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Abstract
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This work examines the relationship between educational policy and social policy. Determinants and processes effecting access to free public higher education in New York City, from 1847 through 1961, have been identified and analyzed. A social history of admissions criteria and considerations related to The City College of New York (CCNY), the original municipal college, has been presented. Documents examined include minutes of the proceedings of CCNY's governing boards, as well as records of the College's key executives.;A continuously-evolving element was responsible for the growth and expansion of access to New York's colleges. The mission of CCNY articulated by its administrators encompassed the provision of a quality curriculum as well as vocational training; the instilling of manhood and citizenship in its students; teacher training; the socialization and acculturation of immigrant students; and the engendering of class mobility. The mission was periodically extended to serve additional groups of students. CCNY's notion of "service to the public" depicted higher education as fostering the attainment of the American dream.;Access to the College was a constantly controversial issue. Several themes exerted an ongoing influence on admissions considerations. Questions regarding student merit and the availability of facilities were paramount. These factors determined transformations in modes of access, as well as incremental modifications of admissions standards. Secondary themes effecting access included the relationship of CCNY to the remainder of the City's schools, to government institutions and political leaders, and to civic groups.;Social and economic crises tended to engender the climate and circumstances favorable to the broadening of access to the municipal college system. The utility of long-range planning and the impact of "technically-neutral" administrative exigencies are also examined.;It is suggested that the Open Admissions' proposal generated a crisis of unprecedented dimensions because it represented the convergence of every unresolved admissions issue apparent in CCNY's history; the appearance of new volatile themes; and the rapid and massive mobilization of numerous and diverse civic groups around the issue of student admissions.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
