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−	The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' ~~was a document produced by the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Company]] in summer 2011 which~~ recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University<ref>http://www.wikicu.com/images/c/c7/88994166-McKinsey-Project-Summary%E2%80%94Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review.pdf</ref>. The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>	+	The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University<ref>http://www.wikicu.com/images/c/c7/88994166-McKinsey-Project-Summary%E2%80%94Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review.pdf</ref>. The report was produced by the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Company]] in summer [[2011]].
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		+	The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>

	The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an article about the report in [[The Eye]].<ref>[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box The Black Box: what's happening inside low library], The Eye - Columbia Spectator, 12 April 2012</ref> They also uploaded an executive summary of the McKinsey Report to Scribd.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review McKinsey Project Summary—Columbia Arts & Sciences Review \| Scribd]</ref>		The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an article about the report in [[The Eye]].<ref>[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box The Black Box: what's happening inside low library], The Eye - Columbia Spectator, 12 April 2012</ref> They also uploaded an executive summary of the McKinsey Report to Scribd.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review McKinsey Project Summary—Columbia Arts & Sciences Review \| Scribd]</ref>

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 * [[Enhancing the Undergraduate Experience]] (1996 Administration Report)
 * [[Task Force on Undergraduate Education|An Agenda for the Future]] (2009 Administration Report)
 ==External links==

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−	The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' was a document produced by the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Company]] in summer 2011 which recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University. The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>	+	The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' was a document produced by the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Company]] in summer 2011 which recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University<ref>http://www.wikicu.com/images/c/c7/88994166-McKinsey-Project-Summary%E2%80%94Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review.pdf</ref>. The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>

	The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an article about the report in [[The Eye]].<ref>[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box The Black Box: what's happening inside low library], The Eye - Columbia Spectator, 12 April 2012</ref> They also uploaded an executive summary of the McKinsey Report to Scribd.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review McKinsey Project Summary—Columbia Arts & Sciences Review \| Scribd]</ref>		The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an article about the report in [[The Eye]].<ref>[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box The Black Box: what's happening inside low library], The Eye - Columbia Spectator, 12 April 2012</ref> They also uploaded an executive summary of the McKinsey Report to Scribd.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review McKinsey Project Summary—Columbia Arts & Sciences Review \| Scribd]</ref>

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-The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' was a document produced by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in summer 2011 which recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University. The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>
+The '''McKinsey Arts and Science Report''' was a document produced by the management consulting firm [[McKinsey & Company]] in summer 2011 which recommended changes to the administrative structure of Columbia University. The controversy over the report revolved around the plan to further integrate [[Columbia College]] and other schools into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]], led at the time by Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences [[Nicholas Dirks]]. The report was popularized among the Columbia community after [[Moodygate]], when former [[Columbia College]] Dean [[Michelle Moody-Adams]] suddenly announced on August 21, 2011 that she would be leaving her post in wake of concerns over transformations in "the administrative structure in Arts and Sciences."<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/08/23/consultants-budget-structure-recommendations-core-moody-adams-resignation "Consultants' budget, structure recommendations at core of Moody-Adams' resignation"], Columbia Spectator, 23 August 2011</ref> Before she resigned, Dean Moody-Adams warned that if the McKinsey report were implemented, it would "compromise the College’s academic quality and financial health."<ref>[http://bwog.com/2011/08/21/breaking-dean-moody-adams-resigns-2/ Dean Moody-Adams's resignation letter]</ref>
-The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box article about the report] in [[The Eye]]. They also uploaded an [http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review executive summary of the McKinsey Report] to Scribd.
+The report was confidential, but the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]] was able to obtain a summary of it a few months later. On April 12, 2012, editors [[Sam Roth]] and [[Michele Cleary]] published an article about the report in [[The Eye]].<ref>[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/?q=article/2012/04/12/black-box The Black Box: what's happening inside low library], The Eye - Columbia Spectator, 12 April 2012</ref> They also uploaded an executive summary of the McKinsey Report to Scribd.<ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/88994166/McKinsey-Project-Summary—Columbia-Arts-Sciences-Review McKinsey Project Summary—Columbia Arts & Sciences Review | Scribd]</ref>
 ==Report Content ==
-===Revenue===
+===Organization Restructuring===
-As the summary makes clear, some of the main recommendations from the report aimed to increase revenue. The Spectator article states that "McKinsey’s report was commissioned in part to help administrators eliminate a budget deficit that has plagued A&S for the last few years."
+The report's first area of concern is the structure of Arts and Sciences and the division of decision making power between the EVP A&S, the six school deans, and the 29 [[department]] heads. The report recommends either creating an operating committee for A&S so that the EVP isn't being pulled in 35 different directions; centralizing more control within A&S with the EVP; or fundamentally restructuring the University to integrate A&S directly into the central administration. The report notes that A&S used to have an operating committee before (the Policy and Budget Committee (PBC)) before, but that proved dysfunctional, and that a restructuring of the University was probably out of the question, thus leaving the goldilocks solution of centralization within A&S.
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+The proposed centralization structure would place control of the overall budget and fundraising strategy in the hands of the EVP, curricular decisions in the hands of newly created "Division" heads (divisions being groupings of [[departments]], e.g. 'Humanities', 'Social Science', 'Natural Science'), and leave the school deans with control over only "care and feeding" of students, study abroad, and student activities. This structure could be interpreted as threatening the viability of the [[Core Curriculum]], and removing the College from between central A&S and the College's lucrative and loyal donor base.<ref>Consider that during the Sovern/Rupp [[Campaign for Columbia (1990)|1990s Campaign for Columbia]], FAS overall missed many of its fundraising goals, despite the campaign overall beating its goal by 50%, and the College (whose fundraising counted towards the FAS total) beating all of its individual goals. It's unsurprising then that FAS would covet access to all "FAS Alumni" without the money filtering through the schools, especially the College.</ref>
-The McKinsey Report recommended that in wake of the [[w:Great Recession|financial crisis of 2008]] Columbia's [[Office of Financial Aid and Educational Financing]] consider reversing [[Financial aid reform#Financial Aid Arms Race of 2005-2008|financial aid reforms]] implemented in [[2007]] and [[2008]] by re-instituting student loans as a part of aid packages. Columbia eliminated student loans in packages for families earning less than $50,000 a year beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, and eliminated student loans for all students the year after, in addition to promising to eliminate any contribution from families earning less than $50,000.
 == See also ==

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-The McKinsey Report recommended that in wake of the [[w:Great Recession|financial crisis of 2008]] Columbia's [[Office of Financial Aid and Educational Financing]] consider reversing [[Financial aid reform#Financial Aid Arms Race of 2005-2008|financial aid reforms]] implemented in [[2007]] and [[2008]] by re-instituting student loans as a part of aid packages. Columbia eliminated student loans in packages for families earning less than $50,000 a year beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, and eliminated student loans for all students the year after, in addition to promising to eliminate any contribution from families earning less than $50,000. The McKinsey report, , said that Columbia should think about reversing the policy.
+The McKinsey Report recommended that in wake of the [[w:Great Recession|financial crisis of 2008]] Columbia's [[Office of Financial Aid and Educational Financing]] consider reversing [[Financial aid reform#Financial Aid Arms Race of 2005-2008|financial aid reforms]] implemented in [[2007]] and [[2008]] by re-instituting student loans as a part of aid packages. Columbia eliminated student loans in packages for families earning less than $50,000 a year beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, and eliminated student loans for all students the year after, in addition to promising to eliminate any contribution from families earning less than $50,000.
 == See also ==

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 The McKinsey Report recommended that Columbia's financial aid office consider bringing loans back into its official policy for assembling aid packages. Columbia eliminated loans in its package for families earning less than $50,000 a year beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, and eliminated loans entirely the year after. The McKinsey report, in wake of the financial crisis of 2008, said that Columbia should think about reversing the policy.
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