Breaking News: Victory for UPR Student Strikers
by Advocate Staff
After more than forty grueling days of strikes and campus occupations, students at the University of Puerto Rico have finally reached a tentative settlement with the University that meets all of their core demands.
On April 21, students took over all eleven campuses of the University of Puerto Rico system, effectively shutting down the university for the past two months. The strikes and occupations were called by students in protest against a series of proposed measures by the University that would have raised tuition by fifty percent, massively cut merit based scholarships, and further privatized the university.
CUNY News In Brief (May, 2010)
by Advocate Staff
While we applaud John Jay’s commitment to ending discrimination, we are less impressed by its commitment to education. A few weeks ago, adjunct faculty members in the departments of sociology and computer science were put on notice that letters of reappointment would not be forthcoming from the college for fall 2010 for any adjunct faculty, and that indeed all adjuncts would be receiving letters of non-reappointment, a crass violation of the spirit animating CUNY’s contract with the PSC.
CUNY News in Brief (March, 2010)
by Advocate Staff
On March 4, 2010, hundreds of thousands of teachers, students, and their supporters gathered across the country in protest as part of a national day of action against cuts in education. From New York to California, demonstrations in some forty states highlighted the current crisis in American public education made worse by recent waves of governmental budget […]
CUNY News-In-Brief (February, 2010)
by Advocate Staff
Paterson to CUNY: “Take a Hike…A Tuition Hike!”
The money used to fatten Mathew Goldstein’s wallet isn’t going to grow on trees, people, so get ready to pony up some cash! As if David Paterson hasn’t already caused the students at CUNY and SUNY enough grief with his statewide cuts to higher education, Governor Justice is now looking to help the struggling university systems recoup some of those losses by proposing legislation that would allow the Boards of Trustees at SUNY and CUNY to increase and/or adjust tuition rates at will. Paterson’s new bill (euphemistically titled the Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act) would neither empower students nor provide for any greater innovation
CUNY News in Brief (November,2009)
by Advocate Staff
Hunter Cafeteria Workers Win Settlement with AVI!!!
The strategic Affairs Department of UNITE HERE! has reported that the Hunter College Cafeteria workers have agreed to a settlement with their employer AVI Foodsystems Inc. The new settlement ends weeks of protest and a planned boycott by Hunter College students, both of which were used to put pressure on AVI to settle.
In an email sent to workers and the Hunter College community Ian Mikusko of UNITE HERE! said:
CUNY News in Brief (October, 2009)
by Advocate Staff
Just to make sure that he seals his legacy as “WORST GOVERNOR EVER” of New York State, David Paterson has ordered yet another rape and pillage campaign against the state budget, unsurprisingly proposing to slash $53 million from allotted funds for CUNY. This, of course, instead of, uh, we don’t know, maybe increasing taxes on the rich by ½ a percent? In case other educational institutions might have been feeling left out, the governor also proposed cutting $90 million from SUNY’s annual budget, and hacking off $35 million from monies allotted to the Higher Education Services Corporation which administers student aid.
CUNY News In Brief (May, 2009)
by Advocate Staff
As the economic crisis continues to deepen, many New Yorkers are choosing to return to school, and are looking to do so as cheaply as possible. CUNY has enjoyed a sharp 12 percent increase in applications over the past year, which will likely lead to CUNY’s highest enrollment ever next semester. According to CUNY overlord Matthew […]
CUNY News in Brief (March, 2009)
by Advocate Staff
In an effort to provide short-term relief to a budget under duress, Republican lawmakers in the New York State Senate have proposed a plan designed to attract students to CUNY and SUNY while they’re still in the cradle. The plan, open to all children under the age of fourteen, offers parents the opportunity to lock-in future tuition […]
CUNY News In Brief (February, 2009)
by Advocate Staff
Enrollment at Record High With the economy spiraling into a nose dive of recession, the number of New Yorkers returning to school has spiked in the past recent academic year. Enrollment has surged to record highs since September 2008, as the total CUNY-wide student body has reached nearly a quarter of a million students. But the crappy economy […]
CUNY News In Brief (November 2008)
by Advocate Staff
Governor David Paterson’s decision to balance the state budget by punishing public education systems has rippled through the CUNY system with remarkable speed. While considerable attention has been rightfully paid to the reduced quality of education at campuses across the city, less attention has been directed at the negative effects experienced by the thousands of […]
