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On October 10, 1968, the [[Columbia Spectator]] published a special supplement, entitled ''Restructuring Columbia'', that sought to describe various plans to restructure Columbia's governance and administration structure in the wake of the [[protests of 1968]].<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref> Student, faculty, and Trustee working groups all proposed different ideas. At the end of the 1968-1969 academic year, the structure designed and advocated for by the [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]], the [[University Senate]], was submitted for referendum and implemented. The Senate remains today as Columbia's comprehensive governance, legislative, and policy-making body, subject only to the reserve power of the [[Board of Trustees]].
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On October 10, 1968, the [[Columbia Spectator]] published a special supplement, entitled ''Restructuring Columbia'', that sought to describe various plans to restructure Columbia's governance and administration structure in the wake of the [[1968 protests]].<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref> Student, faculty, and Trustee working groups all proposed different ideas. At the end of the 1968-1969 academic year, the structure designed and advocated for by the [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]], the [[University Senate]], was submitted for referendum and implemented. The Senate remains today as Columbia's comprehensive governance, legislative, and policy-making body, subject only to the reserve power of the [[Board of Trustees]].
  
 
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Revision as of 13:37, 12 April 2011

On October 10, 1968, the Columbia Spectator published a special supplement, entitled Restructuring Columbia, that sought to describe various plans to restructure Columbia's governance and administration structure in the wake of the 1968 protests.[1] Student, faculty, and Trustee working groups all proposed different ideas. At the end of the 1968-1969 academic year, the structure designed and advocated for by the Executive Committee of the Faculty, the University Senate, was submitted for referendum and implemented. The Senate remains today as Columbia's comprehensive governance, legislative, and policy-making body, subject only to the reserve power of the Board of Trustees.

References

  1. ↑ Restructuring Columbia, Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968
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