Trustees
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 Trustees' power stems from the original College Charter granted by King George II to "the Governors of the College in the Province of New York", making them a corporate body.
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".
External links
- Backgrounds of the current Trustees
- {http://www.columbia.edu/cu/secretary/docs/trustees/trustees-emeriti.html List of Trustees emeriti]
