1983

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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