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Big things happening in New York right now. (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

A people's cuny?

Edit: Cuny is CU NY I guess, what's saying is that CU NY should belong to people. I'm correct?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes. They are demanding free tuition, open admissions, and a cop free campus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

CUNY was originally established as a free university aimed at (for the time) democratizing access to higher education. They had no tuition at all until 1975, and very very low tuition--especially for NYC residents--until fairly recently. It only started charging a bunch of money when all universities started getting taken over by financial vampires in the 2000s.