Building off the success of our Teach CUNY campaign last year, it’s time to do it again! This year’s Teach CUNY is a month-long faculty and student-led campaign to build awareness about the problems caused by decades of cuts to CUNY. Tuition is increasing rapidly, financial aid is shrinking and harder to earn, class sizes have swelled, underpaid part-time positions have replaced full-time ones, and CUNY’s promise of open admissions for all students is in jeopardy. CUNY community colleges have been hardest hit, expanding the already-existing funding gap between senior and junior colleges. But the rich history of CUNY activism shows that real change is possible. For students, for faculty, for staff, it’s time to give CUNY a refund. Join the movement by participating in one or more Teach CUNY events this March and inviting your students to do the same. Teach CUNY, get involved.
This website includes resources for BMCC faculty to help prepare for Teach CUNY Week, which will kick off our month-long campaign. During Teach CUNY Week, we encourage faculty to teach about the issues facing CUNY today as a result of chronic underfunding and cuts. There are three ways you can do this:
1. Give your students the Teach CUNY Fact Sheet, which includes information about effects of cuts to CUNY and a calendar of Teach CUNY events for March
2. Use one of the Teach CUNY Lesson Plans for your class.
3. Use the Teach CUNY Resources to create your own lesson plan. If you do, please share it with this site by sending a brief description of the lesson plan to teachcuny@hotmail.com.
Teach CUNY 2012 is organized by a coalition consisting of the PSC BMCC Chapter, NYPIRG, and Students United for a Free CUNY.
For questions about Teach CUNY, email teachcuny@hotmail.com.
