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The '''Task Force on Undergraduate Education''' was established by [[PrezBo]] in October [[2006]] for the purposes of reviewing the structure and curricula of the university's three undergraduate schools: [[Columbia College]], the [[School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]], and the [[School of General Studies]].

Since its inception, the Task Force, which reports to the [[University Senate]], has contemplated a closer integration of CC and GS<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/11/12/university-may-merge-gs-cc University May Merge GS with CC]</ref>, a 10-20 percent increase in the size of the undergraduate population coupled with the construction of a new dormitory on 115th Street between [[Amsterdam Avenue]] and [[Morningside Drive]].<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/2009/03/25/enrollment-increase-coupled-faculty-wage-freeze-10-percent-phd-cut Enrollment increase coupled with faculty wage freeze, 10 percent Ph.D. cut]</ref>, and an overhaul of the Major Cultures requirement.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/12/05/reform-effort-pre-dated-strike Reform Effort Pre-Dated Strike]</ref>

Of these proposals, the University began implementing its planned reforms of Major Cultures following the [[2007 hunger strike]], and increased the undergraduate enrollment by 50 students for the class of 2013 in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Plans for the new dormitory were scrapped despite having a site to build on due to a lack of gift funding.

== External links==
*[http://fiveyear.columbia.edu/task_force.php President's Five Year Report: Task Force on Undergraduate Education]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ecfas/files/Faculty%20Forum%20minutes%203%20Dec%2007.htm ECFAS Faculty Forum on undergraduate education December 2007]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ecfas/files/minutes26.htm Minutes Meeting of the Faculty of the Arts & Sciences November 13, 2007]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ecfas/files/minutes28.htm]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpas/communications/November2008lettertothefaculty.html]

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