Marcus Commission Report
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The Marcus Commission Report of 1979, formally titled "Report on the Presidential Commission on Academic Priorities in the Arts and Sciences", was a harsh assessment of that standing of the university among its peers. Steven Marcus led the commission.
"We 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 Marcus Report on the Social Sciences at Columbia
