CUNY Humanities Alliance

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Category: Dr. Kim’s Research Corner

This is a collection of posts by Senior Research Associate Dr. Sujung Kim (2018-present), who conducts qualitative analysis to understand the communities, processes, challenges, and impacts of the CUNY Humanities Alliance.

Dr. Sujung Kim is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research addresses the critical pedagogy of higher education and community colleges for the public good and educating students as critical public intellectuals. Dr. Kim earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Revitalizing Enrollment: Supporting Equity and Educational Justice in Community College

    by Sujung Kim During the pandemic, community colleges have experienced a sizable decrease in student enrollment. Vulnerable student populations, including low-income, African American, Latinx, Asian Americans, and Indigenous students, as well as other groups of minority students, have been most seriously affected by the difficult conditions of living and entering or continuing their postsecondary education.…

    Miranda Fedock (she/her/hers)

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  • Impact of Covid-19 on California Community College Enrollment and Students’ Outcomes

    by Dr. Sujung Kim **This essay is a reflection on the paper entitled, The Impact of Covid-19 on Community College Enrollment and Student Success: Evidence From California Administrative Data authored by George Bulman and Rober W. Fairlie, which was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in March, 2022.** Most recent reports and articles…

    Miranda Fedock (she/her/hers)

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  • Enhancing Diversity, Equity, and the Public Good: Transfer Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges

    by Dr. Sujung Kim **This essay is a reflection on the “Playbook for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts: How to Design and Implement Statewide Pathways from Community Colleges to Independent Colleges” authored by Julia Karon, Daniel Rossman, Elanine Vilorio, and Rayane Alamuddin, which was published on March 17, 2022 by ITHAKA S-R .**  …

    Miranda Fedock (she/her/hers)

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  • Empowering Students & Creating Social Change through the Humanities

    by Sujung Kim The Result of the Humanities Alliance Postconference Survey The Fall 2018 Humanities Alliance conference offered a unique opportunity to assess nationwide opinions about community college teaching and humanities education. The conference,  “Community Colleges and the Future of Humanities,” was held by the LaGuardia Community College and the Graduate Center of City University…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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  • Call for Participation: Humanities Alliance Collaborative Book (proposals due March 15)

    The Humanities Alliance team at the Graduate Center, CUNY are so excited to share our plan for a collaborative book project. We hope you will be a part of it! As one of the final projects of the Humanities Alliance grant funded by Andrew Mellon Foundation, we’re planning to share insights from the CUNY Humanities…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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  • Classrooms as a Sphere of Possibility: Workshopping Pedagogy and Social Justice

    On September 13, The Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York hosted a public event entitled, Classroom and Social Justice: Why Start with Pedagogy. As an exit ticket, we asked the audience to briefly write about why they were interested in this topic. We received critical and impressive responses…

    Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they)

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