Closing the open door : the fight for a college education /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (44 min.)
Language:	English
Subject:	City University of New York -- Open admission. City University of New York. Education, Higher -- New York (State) -- New York. Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- New York. Education, Higher. Universities and colleges. New York (State) -- New York. Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Documentary films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13668390

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Other authors / contributors:	Bernstein, Ellie, director, producer. Sullivan, Edward C. (Edward Christian), 1933- narrator. Cinema Guild, publisher.
Digital file characteristics:	video file
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed April 16, 2019). Narrated by Edward Sullivan. In English.
Summary:	Tells the story of the Open Admissions policy at the City University of New York, the third largest university system in the U.S., with the largest minority population. The policy, which was instituted in 1969 and terminated in 1998, helped disadvantaged students enter college and achieve bachelor degrees. Featuring archival footage and numerous interviews with former City University students, the video broaches the question of who has the right to a college education, the emotional debate about Affirmative Action, as well as the concern about preserving academic standards in the failure of public education.

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