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 The University Senate was created in the wake of the events of [[1968]]. The [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]] worked from 1968-1969 to restructure the University's governance and administrative structure. A number of proposals were received and reviewed, for which an all-encompassing Senate including faculty, students, administration, staff, and alumni was ultimately chosen and submitted for referendum and approval.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref><ref name="ECFASProposal">[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/senate_proposal_1969.pdf A Plan for Participation: Proposal for a University Senate, with Faculty, Student, Administration, and Other Membership], Executive Committee of the Faculty, 20 March 1969</ref> The Trustees established the Senate on May 13, 1969, and promulgated its by-laws.
-The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969. Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref>McCaughey, Robert. [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
+The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19690603-01.2.3 Senate Convenes Inaugural Meeting], Columbia Spectator, 3 June 1969</ref> Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref>McCaughey, Robert. [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
 == Statutory Powers ==

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−	The '''University Senate''' is the main policy-making body of the university. It was created in response to the [[1968 protests\|events of 1968]]. In fact, the [[Cox Report]] specifically criticizes the lack of a senate~~, along with the existence of the four [[Faculties]] (Political Science, Philosophy, Pure Science, and Faculty of [[Columbia College]])~~.	+	The '''University Senate''' is the main policy-making body of the university. It was created in response to the [[1968 protests\|events of 1968]]. In fact, the [[Cox Report]] specifically criticizes the lack of a participatory governance body, such as a senate.

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 <br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5<ref name="ECFASProposal" />
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-Students from all parts of the political spectrum who take an interest in the decision-making process of their university have been quick to see this point. Students at Columbia and elsewhere regard such "student government" as a sham because it does not really have anything to govern. The establishment of a university-wide student assembly without a real role in University affairs creates serious risks. Left out of the mainstream of the policy-making process-and generally left without any access to reliable information about the affairs of the university-the tendency for student government at Columbia and elsewhere has been to arouse the interest of only a very small percentage of students. The result commonly is a student assembly unrepresentative of the student body as a whole. Unrepresentative and uninformed, it is far more likely to adopt extreme political positions.
+Students at Columbia and elsewhere regard such "student government" as a sham because it does not really have anything to govern. The establishment of a university-wide student assembly without a real role in University affairs creates serious risks. Left out of the mainstream of the policy-making process-and generally left without any access to reliable information about the affairs of the university-the tendency for student government at Columbia and elsewhere has been to arouse the interest of only a very small percentage of students. The result commonly is a student assembly unrepresentative of the student body as a whole. Unrepresentative and uninformed, it is far more likely to adopt extreme political positions.
 <br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 13<ref name="ECFASProposal" />
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 == History ==
-The University Senate was created in the wake of the events of [[1968]]. The [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]] worked from 1968-1969 to restructure the University's governance and administrative structure. A number of proposals were received and reviewed, for which an all-encompassing Senate including faculty, students, administration, staff, and alumni was ultimately chosen and submitted for referendum and approval.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref><ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/senate_proposal_1969.pdf A Plan for Participation: Proposal for a University Senate, with Faculty, Student, Administration, and Other Membership], Executive Committee of the Faculty, 20 March 1969</ref> The Trustees established the Senate on May 13, 1969, and promulgated its by-laws.
+The University Senate was created in the wake of the events of [[1968]]. The [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]] worked from 1968-1969 to restructure the University's governance and administrative structure. A number of proposals were received and reviewed, for which an all-encompassing Senate including faculty, students, administration, staff, and alumni was ultimately chosen and submitted for referendum and approval.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref><ref name="ECFASProposal">[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/senate_proposal_1969.pdf A Plan for Participation: Proposal for a University Senate, with Faculty, Student, Administration, and Other Membership], Executive Committee of the Faculty, 20 March 1969</ref> The Trustees established the Senate on May 13, 1969, and promulgated its by-laws.
-The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969. Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref name="StandColumbia">McCaughey, Robert. [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
+The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969. Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref>McCaughey, Robert. [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
 == Statutory Powers ==
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 The proposal does not provide for a special student assembly or other University-wide form of student government. This reflects the dominant student point of view which regards student government as distinct from University government as both useless and unreal. With adequate representation in the University Senate, the majority student view seems to hold that no separate University-wide student government is called for. The Executive Committee concurs in this judgment. (At the departmental and divisional levels, however, separate student bodies may make sense. This proposal is not intended to prevent any subdivision of the University from adopting any structures it chooses for student participation in the conduct of its own affairs.)
-<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5<ref name="StandColumbia" />
+<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5<ref name="ECFASProposal" />
 <br /><br />
 Students from all parts of the political spectrum who take an interest in the decision-making process of their university have been quick to see this point. Students at Columbia and elsewhere regard such "student government" as a sham because it does not really have anything to govern. The establishment of a university-wide student assembly without a real role in University affairs creates serious risks. Left out of the mainstream of the policy-making process-and generally left without any access to reliable information about the affairs of the university-the tendency for student government at Columbia and elsewhere has been to arouse the interest of only a very small percentage of students. The result commonly is a student assembly unrepresentative of the student body as a whole. Unrepresentative and uninformed, it is far more likely to adopt extreme political positions.
-<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 13<ref name="StandColumbia" />
+<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 13<ref name="ECFASProposal" />
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 The University Senate was created in the wake of the events of [[1968]]. The [[Executive Committee of the Faculty]] worked from 1968-1969 to restructure the University's governance and administrative structure. A number of proposals were received and reviewed, for which an all-encompassing Senate including faculty, students, administration, staff, and alumni was ultimately chosen and submitted for referendum and approval.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/columbia_spectator_10-10-68.pdf Restructuring Columbia], Columbia Spectator, 10 October 1968</ref><ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/information/40th_anniversary/senate_proposal_1969.pdf A Plan for Participation: Proposal for a University Senate, with Faculty, Student, Administration, and Other Membership], Executive Committee of the Faculty, 20 March 1969</ref> The Trustees established the Senate on May 13, 1969, and promulgated its by-laws.
-The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969. Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref>McCaughey, Robert. "Riding the Whirlwind: Columbia '68." [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
+The University Senate first convened on May 28, 1969. Aside from the Executive Committee of the Faculty, it also succeeded to both the powers of the [[University Council]] and the [[Columbia University Student Council]]. Both bodies had been discredited in the prior decades. The University Council, a creation of President [[Seth Low]] to provide a structure of faculty consultation, had turned into an administration-heavy rubber-stamp body to approve and assent to the President's actions. Likewise, the Columbia University Student Council was “frequently dismissed by Low Library as … a handful of self-interested students, many of whom were not even at Columbia (as opposed to Barnard, Teachers College, and Union)” and “rarely had the respect of the student body during its 22-year history”.<ref name="StandColumbia">McCaughey, Robert. [http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6475111 ''Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University.''] New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. 428.</ref><ref>"Columbia Senate Convening Today." ''New York Times'' 28 May 1969: 29.</ref>
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 In the original proposal for a University Senate, the Executive Committee of the faculty noted the problem of "student government", which the Senate sought to address by including student members:
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-The proposal does not provide for a special student assembly or other University-wide form of student government. This reflects the dominant student point of view which regards student government as distinct from University government as both useless and unreal. With adequate representation in the University Senate, the majority student view seems to hold that no separate University-wide student government is called for. The Executive Committee concurs in this judgment. (At the departmental and divisional levels, however, separate student bodies may make sense. This proposal is not intended to prevent any subdivision of the University fram adopting any structures it chooses for student participation in the conduct of its own affairs.)
+The proposal does not provide for a special student assembly or other University-wide form of student government. This reflects the dominant student point of view which regards student government as distinct from University government as both useless and unreal. With adequate representation in the University Senate, the majority student view seems to hold that no separate University-wide student government is called for. The Executive Committee concurs in this judgment. (At the departmental and divisional levels, however, separate student bodies may make sense. This proposal is not intended to prevent any subdivision of the University from adopting any structures it chooses for student participation in the conduct of its own affairs.)
-<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5
+<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5<ref name="StandColumbia" />
 <br /><br />
 Students from all parts of the political spectrum who take an interest in the decision-making process of their university have been quick to see this point. Students at Columbia and elsewhere regard such "student government" as a sham because it does not really have anything to govern. The establishment of a university-wide student assembly without a real role in University affairs creates serious risks. Left out of the mainstream of the policy-making process-and generally left without any access to reliable information about the affairs of the university-the tendency for student government at Columbia and elsewhere has been to arouse the interest of only a very small percentage of students. The result commonly is a student assembly unrepresentative of the student body as a whole. Unrepresentative and uninformed, it is far more likely to adopt extreme political positions.
-<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 13
+<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 13<ref name="StandColumbia" />
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	The relationship between the University Senate and the student councils has often been misunderstood. From a strictly hierarchical reporting line perspective, a student council is created and empowered by a dean of student affairs, who reports to a dean of the school or faculty, and then on to the Provost, the President, and the Trustees. The University Senate, on the other hand, is led by the [[President]] and its actions are final upon the concurrence of the [[Trustees]]. Statutorily, student councils have no jurisdiction whatsoever over affairs of the University Senate.		The relationship between the University Senate and the student councils has often been misunderstood. From a strictly hierarchical reporting line perspective, a student council is created and empowered by a dean of student affairs, who reports to a dean of the school or faculty, and then on to the Provost, the President, and the Trustees. The University Senate, on the other hand, is led by the [[President]] and its actions are final upon the concurrence of the [[Trustees]]. Statutorily, student councils have no jurisdiction whatsoever over affairs of the University Senate.
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		+	In the original proposal for a University Senate, the Executive Committee of the faculty noted the problem of "student government", which the Senate sought to address by including student members:
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		+	The proposal does not provide for a special student assembly or other University-wide form of student government. This reflects the dominant student point of view which regards student government as distinct from University government as both useless and unreal. With adequate representation in the University Senate, the majority student view seems to hold that no separate University-wide student government is called for. The Executive Committee concurs in this judgment. (At the departmental and divisional levels, however, separate student bodies may make sense. This proposal is not intended to prevent any subdivision of the University fram adopting any structures it chooses for student participation in the conduct of its own affairs.)
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		+	Students from all parts of the political spectrum who take an interest in the decision-making process of their university have been quick to see this point. Students at Columbia and elsewhere regard such "student government" as a sham because it does not really have anything to govern. The establishment of a university-wide student assembly without a real role in University affairs creates serious risks. Left out of the mainstream of the policy-making process-and generally left without any access to reliable information about the affairs of the university-the tendency for student government at Columbia and elsewhere has been to arouse the interest of only a very small percentage of students. The result commonly is a student assembly unrepresentative of the student body as a whole. Unrepresentative and uninformed, it is far more likely to adopt extreme political positions.
		+	<br />''A Plan for Participation'', pp. 5, 13
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	=== Disagreements over Jurisdiction ===		=== Disagreements over Jurisdiction ===