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The '''Board of Trustees''' truly pwn the university, and meet in their own special power-trippy room of [[Low Library]] once in awhile. Campus is always made spiffy clean for their semi-regular summits. | The '''Board of Trustees''' truly pwn the university, and meet in their own special power-trippy room of [[Low Library]] once in awhile. Campus is always made spiffy clean for their semi-regular summits. | ||
| − | The [[Royal charter]] granted by [[King George II]] in [[1754]] gave power to "the Governors of the College in the Province of New York", making them a corporate body. The current institution of the Board, however, | + | ==History== |
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| + | The [[Royal charter]] granted by [[King George II]] in [[1754]] gave power to "the Governors of the College in the Province of New York", making them a corporate body. The current institution of the Board, however, only came into being after Columbia was returned to private trusteeship after a three-year post-Revolutionary War experiment in state control by the New York Board of Regents. [[Alexander Hamilton]], then a Regent, was instrumental in investing the members of the original King's College Board of Governors with the same power under the new Columbia Board of Trustees. | ||
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Among their other duties, including the selection of the [[University President]] and overseeing all senior faculty and administrative appointments, monitoring the budget and [[endowment]], and amending the [[University Statutes]] - Columbia's administrative code - the trustees have the true power to grant [[degrees]] to any Columbia school or affiliated institution (although [[Barnard]] has its own trustees, only Columbia's can confer degrees to Barnard students). Degrees accordingly begin with (in English variations) "The Trustees of Columbia University" or (in [[Latin]] variations) "Curatores Universitatis Columbiae". | Among their other duties, including the selection of the [[University President]] and overseeing all senior faculty and administrative appointments, monitoring the budget and [[endowment]], and amending the [[University Statutes]] - Columbia's administrative code - the trustees have the true power to grant [[degrees]] to any Columbia school or affiliated institution (although [[Barnard]] has its own trustees, only Columbia's can confer degrees to Barnard students). Degrees accordingly begin with (in English variations) "The Trustees of Columbia University" or (in [[Latin]] variations) "Curatores Universitatis Columbiae". | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 21 September 2009
The Board of Trustees truly pwn the university, and meet in their own special power-trippy room of Low Library once in awhile. Campus is always made spiffy clean for their semi-regular summits.
History
The Royal charter granted by King George II in 1754 gave power to "the Governors of the College in the Province of New York", making them a corporate body. The current institution of the Board, however, only came into being after Columbia was returned to private trusteeship after a three-year post-Revolutionary War experiment in state control by the New York Board of Regents. Alexander Hamilton, then a Regent, was instrumental in investing the members of the original King's College Board of Governors with the same power under the new Columbia Board of Trustees.
Powers
Among their other duties, including the selection of the University President and overseeing all senior faculty and administrative appointments, monitoring the budget and endowment, and amending the University Statutes - Columbia's administrative code - the trustees have the true power to grant degrees to any Columbia school or affiliated institution (although Barnard has its own trustees, only Columbia's can confer degrees to Barnard students). Degrees accordingly begin with (in English variations) "The Trustees of Columbia University" or (in Latin variations) "Curatores Universitatis Columbiae".
