Box 20

"The Struggle at CUNY: Open Admissions and Civil Rights" by Ron McGuire, 1992; "The Struggle for CUNY: A History Of The CUNY Student Movement, 1969 – 1999" by Christopher Gunderson, 1999.

Additional publications saved by SEEK due to their relevance to the program and its aims.

This subseries consists of publications created by the Queens College SEEK program from the 1960s to today, such as departmental newsletters, student newspapers, and journals of student writing.

Article: "SEEK and Equality of Education" by Leslie Berger.

Youth Services News, Volume 20, Number 3, summer 1969. Contains "SEEK: An Educational Oppotunity" by Mary Kay O'Connor.

Academic Freedom and Tenure (AAUP) Bulletin; Volume 60, No. 1, March 1974. Contains "The City University of New York (SEEK Center)."

Dissertation printed from CUNY Academic Works: "An Evaluation of the Effects of the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) Program on Short- and Intermediate-Term Outcomes" by Raymond Galinski, CUNY Graduate Center. Date of Degree: 6-2017

Clippings include coverage of the SEEK program, SEEK students, and CUNY budget cuts, as well as various topic of interest, such as race relations, affirmative action, and remedial education. The clippings are primarily from New York City-based newspapers and Queens College campus papers, as well as one file of academic journal articles.

Several journals clipped and saved due to their relevance to the SEEK program on topics such as academic planning, self-regulated learning, and minority facultuy hiring.

Clippings on the SEEK program reveal various themes and events in the program's history, including the SEEK Rebellion in 1969; personnel changes; battles with the administration over budgets, curriculum, and autonomy; and anniversaries and tributes to the program. Of particular note is a folder documenting the racist remarks of faculty member Dr. T. Freeman Cope (Mathematics) in 1970 and related fallout and activism.