Experiments

Old Westbury Oral History Project

This bi-lingual catalog shows the college’s shift in direction to seek out non-traditional college students—African-American and Latino students, but also low-income students. The catalog’s course listings indicate that predating the “culture wars” of the 1980s and 1990s, the college’s curricula sought to broaden the canon, offering a critique of contemporary society and traditional knowledge.

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