CUNY SEEK and Open Admissions Oral Histories
Item
Title
CUNY SEEK and Open Admissions Oral Histories
Description
This is a website of oral histories by CUNY students and teachers telling stories about the founding and early years of SEEK at City College. It also contains stories about teaching writing in the first decade of Open Admissions across CUNY.
Contributor
Molloy, Sean
Creator
Molloy, Sean
Date
November 24, 2015
Language
English
Publisher
CUNY Academic Commons
Relation
2431
Rights
Copyrighted
Source
The CUNY Graduate Center's Composition and Rhetoric Community
uri
http://compcomm.commons.gc.cuny.edu/cuny-oral-histories/
Molloy, Sean. “CUNY SEEK and Open Admissions Oral Histories”. 2431. CUNY Academic Commons. http://compcomm.commons.gc.cuny.edu/cuny-oral-histories/, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/264
Time Periods
1961-1969 The Creation of CUNY - Open Admissions Struggle
1970-1977 Open Admissions - Fiscal Crisis - State Takeover
Subjects
Admissions
Alumni
Diversity
Financial Aid
Open Admissions
Pedagogy
Politics
Relationships with Communities
Remediation
Affirmative Action
Allen B. Ballard
City College of New York
Curriculum
Eugenia Wiltshire
Francee Covington
John Brereton
Marvina White
Richard Sterling
SEEK
Social Class
Sondra Perl
Upward Mobility