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  • Issue #013: We’ve read the House Committee’s report (and it’s bad…)

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. This week, the US House Committee on Education & the Workforce dropped their 325-page “Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed” report. Some caveats: First, we don’t have any firsthand knowledge of any of…

  • Issue #012: Happy 270th Birthday, Columbia!!

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. ICYMI: We’ve published an “explainer” that attempts to shed light on Columbia’s complex disciplinary processes (note: this is a very comprehensive explanation – 15 pages in total). Next Thursday, October 31, 2024,…

  • Issue #011: The Aftershocks Are Here

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. Last week, we wrote about the good, the bad, and the ugly of October 7, 2024 on Columbia’s campus. The fallout is here. Let’s break down four key aftershocks. First, this has…

  • Issue #010: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: A Sober Assessment of October 7, 2024 on Columbia’s Campus

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. October 7, 2024 came and went. On balance, while the good outweighed the bad, it exposed serious fault lines that Columbia can no longer ignore. Here’s what went down. The good… The…

  • Issue #009: Lessons from Stanford’s New President

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. These are trying times for all universities. Beyond the political crisis that’s enveloped many elite universities, there’s a crisis in confidence in the value of a $90,000+ per year education. When a…

  • Issue #008: A Treasure Trove of Columbiana

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. ICYMI: We were excited to see that Columbia featured an initiative by Dr. Sue Mendelsohn and Dr. Aaron Ritzenberg, both senior lecturers in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, to encourage…

  • Issue #007 (Breaking News): Columbia’s New Anti-Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment Policy

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. Today, Columbia published its new Anti-Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment (Title VI) Policy. You can find it here. We’ll be publishing an explainer in due course on what Title VI is and why…

  • Issue #006: The NYPD Shouldn’t Be On Campus. We Can Change That.

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. ICYMI: Shortly after the Stand Columbia Society asked for Columbia’s administration to adopt a form of institutional neutrality or restraint, and seven months after the University Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling…

  • Issue #005: A Columbia Education Should Stretch Your Mind, Not Lock You In an Echo Chamber

    A community of Columbia faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends focused on excellence in teaching, learning, and research. Sign up for our newsletter. ICYMI: Shortly after Stand Columbia argued for institutional neutrality and for clearer guidelines to its Rules, Barnard College made both official.  We hope Columbia will follow shortly. Big Idea To build civil…

  • Issue #004: Institutional Neutrality: What It Is and Why Columbia Should Implement It

    This week, the Columbia Task Force on Antisemitism released a crucial report, and as the WSJ editorial board noted, it marks a pivotal moment for Columbia’s leadership. With campus protests resuming, including the recent defacing of Alma Mater, the University’s response will show whether it can effectively address these challenges. While President Armstrong’s recent video…