1. Our Students and CUNY
Overview of who our students are, State Aid and expenditures, increasing reliance on tuition, etc.: Invest in CUNY
From NYPIRG, a great slide show on student activism: CUNY Activism 101, and a slide show on the current budget.
2. Budget Information
Steve London’s State Budget Testimony for 2013
The PSC’s position on the state budget for CUNY
Fiscal Policy Institute’s Analysis of the budget
Governor Cuomo’s Budget Briefing
3. Underfunding of Public Higher Ed and Its Consequences
Barbara Bowen Report on Changing Revenue Sources for CUNY Colleges
Testimony of Arthurine Desola on CUNY Community Colleges
CUNY Edufactory Poster (loaded with historical data on tuition hikes and adjunctification)
Doing More with Less: The Inequitable Funding of Community Colleges
FPI Report: NYS Underinvestment in Public Higher Ed
Mobility Makers: Center for an Urban Future Report on CUNY
Trends in College Spending, 1999-2009: Report by the Delta Cost Project
4. Inequality Data
Powerpoint on NY State Inequality and the Need for Redistribution of Wealth
Analysis: Income and Wealth Inequality – Joseph Stiglitz in Vanity Fair
Economic Security Beyond the Reach of Many Americans (NY Times article)
NY Times chart on how much money it takes to make ends meet
5. Alternatives to Austerity for CUNY
New York’s Budget: Some Practical Alternatives
6. CUNY Student Activism (Past and Present)
New York Students Rising website
