Engaging students
in key humanistic
questions at CUNY

We create opportunities
to think, to learn, and
to question together.

Core Books at CUNY is a 36-month Teagle Foundation-sponsored project that originated at Hostos Community College and is now extended to three other CUNY campuses: The Borough of Manhattan Community College, LaGuardia Community College, and New York City College of Technology. It started as a collaboration between Columbia College and Hostos Community College with the goal of embedding core texts and the issues they raise from the Columbia Core Curriculum into selected required courses at CUNY. This faculty professional development initiative aims to engage students in key humanistic questions while strengthening their reading and writing skills and bolstering student performance related to course learning objectives. At the heart of this initiative is the recognition of the value of a community of practice among faculty and among students as we create opportunities to think, to learn, and to question together.

Core Books has its roots in a collaboration between Columbia College and Hostos Community College. The goal was to bring CC students into a conversation they are often excluded from through embedding core texts and the issues they raise from the Columbia Core Curriculum into selected required courses. With the support of the Teagle Foundation, Core Books includes three other CUNY campuses: The Borough of Manhattan Community College, LaGuardia Community College, and New York City College of Technology. This faculty professional development initiative aims to engage students in key humanistic questions while strengthening their reading and writing skills and bolstering student performance related to course learning objectives. At the heart of this initiative is the recognition of the value of a community of practice among both faculty and among students as we create opportunities to think, to learn, and to question together.

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Development Initiative

We are a professional development initiative comprised of four CUNY campuses and  aim to teach a selection of Core texts in a meaningful and engaging way.

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Humanities-based Curriculum

We are a professional development initiative comprised of four CUNY campuses and  aim to teach a selection of Core texts in a meaningful and engaging way.

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Building Student Skills

We are a professional development initiative comprised of four CUNY campuses and  aim to teach a selection of Core texts in a meaningful and engaging way.

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