1983

1983 in Columbia history:

• Columbia College becomes a coeducational institution for the first time, following the failure of a merger agreement with Barnard. As compensation to Barnard, however, the Columbia-Barnard Intercorporate Agreement is amended to give Barnard joint control over the schools' tenuring processes.
• The men's soccer team plays in the NCAA championship

Spring

• May: Mortimer Adler earns an honorary bachelors degree from Columbia despite refusing to take the Swim Test six decades earlier

Fall

• The football team ties a game with Bucknell, giving rise to a streak of 44 consecutive winless games that lasts until 1988.

Preceded by 1982

History of Columbia University  1983

Succeeded by 1984