The Graduate Center was ranked 36th overall in the new Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, with a “Z score” that is +0.52 above the national mean. [view large version] A new and controversial faculty productivity index has ranked the CUNY Graduate Center 36th overall among...
Benjamin Franklin’s oft quoted statement “those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety,” has become a kind of rallying cry for civil rights groups in the post 9-11 world. Although there is scholarly...
Violent crime at CUNY This matter is urgent! That CUNY has lost even one student to violent crime is unacceptable. That we have lost both Romona Moore of Hunter College, and Imette St. Guillen of John Jay College, in the last few years, and have not altered our registration practice for...
In an effort to uphold its designation as “Best Example of CUNY Respecting Its Students: The GC IT Turnaround,” (Advocate, February 2007) the Office of Information Technology purchased 300 new computers to be deployed this month. Roughly two-thirds of these machines are slated...
Students who have been at the Graduate Center for any length of time will surely remember the long, difficult contract campaign of the last few years. Thanks to CUNY’s intransigence, faculty and staff went years without a contract. Despite protests, picket lines, and a huge meeting...
