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The '''Report on the Presidential Commission on Academic Priorities in the Arts and Sciences''' (also known as the '''Marcus Commission Report'''), was the product of a commision established by [[University President]] [[William McGill]] in [[1978]]. After nearly two years, the commission, chaired by English Professor [[Steven Marcus]], produced a damning 264 page report. Among other conclusions, it found that "[w]e have fallen. The evidence is unambiguous, and candor compels us to acknowledge that we no longer occupy a position of distinct pre-eminence. In several disciplines we have fallen below the first rank." The report called for a consolidation of the Arts and Sciences (then split into four independent divisions - CC, GS, SIPA, and GSAS), and the correction of a 'disproportionate' emphsasis on the humanities in the faculty ranks. 

== External links ==
* Spectator coverage:
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19791101-01.2.3
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19791119-01.2.4
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800122-01.2.7
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800125-01.2.5
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800128-01.2.9
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800131-01.2.4
** http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19800208-01.2.4

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