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The [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|realtionship]] is governed by an '''Intercorporate Agreement'''. There have been a number of such agreements between Columbia and Barnard in their shared history. The last major negotiated agreement was in 1973 when Columbia was recovering from a financial free fall, with a major amendment in 1983- when Barnard forfeited it's "monopoly" on women's undergraduate education.
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The [[Columbia-Barnard relationship]] is governed by an '''Intercorporate Agreement'''. There have been a number of such agreements between Columbia and Barnard in their shared history. The first was established in [[1900]]<ref>http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/cudatabase/allpop_doc.asp?DocumentID=15</ref>. The last major negotiated agreement was in [[1973]] when Columbia was recovering from a financial free fall, with a major amendment in [[1983]]- when Barnard forfeited its "monopoly" on women's undergraduate education.
  
The principal points of the current relationship are as follows:
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The principal points of the current relationship are listed in this article.
  
===Course Registration===
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==Course registration==
 
Columbia and Barnard students are allowed extensive cross-registration, with the only exceptions applying to certain Core requirements at both schools. This was originally a Columbia proposal in 1973, when the cash-strapped University expected Barnard to pay a fee for the net imbalance of credit flow. Columbia expected more Barnard students to enroll on Columbia courses than vice versa, thus creating a new revenue stream. This was initially the case though in recent years the trend has been reversed, and Columbia has had to pay Barnard for the imbalance of Columbia students taking Barnard courses. This can be partially attributed to Barnard's deliberate decision to develop departments that have no counterpart across the street, such as Urban Studies, and the undergraduate Theater and Dance programs.
 
Columbia and Barnard students are allowed extensive cross-registration, with the only exceptions applying to certain Core requirements at both schools. This was originally a Columbia proposal in 1973, when the cash-strapped University expected Barnard to pay a fee for the net imbalance of credit flow. Columbia expected more Barnard students to enroll on Columbia courses than vice versa, thus creating a new revenue stream. This was initially the case though in recent years the trend has been reversed, and Columbia has had to pay Barnard for the imbalance of Columbia students taking Barnard courses. This can be partially attributed to Barnard's deliberate decision to develop departments that have no counterpart across the street, such as Urban Studies, and the undergraduate Theater and Dance programs.
  
===Libraries===
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==Libraries==
Barnard does not have a major research library, though [[Barnard College Library]] serves as the school's collection. Instead, it's students and faculty have access to the world caliber research library resources of Columbia (and Columbians have access to Barnard's collections). Because Barnard had access to Columbia's library, it never had incentive to invest much in it's own. In 1973 Columbia demanded payment for that access, based on an estimate of what Barnard would have had to pay to maintain a library equal to that of one of its [[Seven Sisters]] peers. Barnard still pays a fee for that access.
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Barnard does not have a major research library, though [[Barnard College Library]] serves as the school's collection. Instead, its students and faculty have access to the world caliber research library resources of Columbia (and Columbians have access to Barnard's collections). Because Barnard had access to Columbia's library, it never had incentive to invest much in it's own. In 1973 Columbia demanded payment for that access, based on an estimate of what Barnard would have had to pay to maintain a library equal to that of one of its [[Seven Sisters]] peers. Barnard still pays a fee for that access.
  
===Faculty Appointments===
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==Faculty appointments==
 
Though Barnard College has its own faculty, the tenuring process requires that Barnard faculty appointees be reviewed by an ad hoc committee consisting of equal numbers of Barnard faculty and Columbia faculty, with a fifth member from the outside. In 1973 Columbia demanded and received full control over tenure, with the president of Columbia making the final decision to hire. The incorporation of Barnard faculty into the tenuring process was negotiated into the agreement in 1983 as compensation for Columbia College going co-ed. In 1973, both schools also agreed to cooperate in order to avoid redundancies in appointments and programs. This went hand-in-hand with the greater cross-registration agreement.
 
Though Barnard College has its own faculty, the tenuring process requires that Barnard faculty appointees be reviewed by an ad hoc committee consisting of equal numbers of Barnard faculty and Columbia faculty, with a fifth member from the outside. In 1973 Columbia demanded and received full control over tenure, with the president of Columbia making the final decision to hire. The incorporation of Barnard faculty into the tenuring process was negotiated into the agreement in 1983 as compensation for Columbia College going co-ed. In 1973, both schools also agreed to cooperate in order to avoid redundancies in appointments and programs. This went hand-in-hand with the greater cross-registration agreement.
  
===Diplomas===
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== Diplomas ==
One of the more contentious points of the agreement between the school, Barnard college degrees are officially granted by the Trustees of Columbia University, the same body that grants degrees to all Columbia students. This is despite Barnard's status as an affiliate as opposed to an undergraduate school of the university itself. This is often the thing used by Barnard students to justify sometimes claiming that they are "Columbia students", when it's just part of the agreement between the schools.
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One of the more contentious points of the agreement between the schools (at least among petulant Columbia students), Barnard college [[degrees]] are officially granted by the [[Trustees]] of Columbia University, the same body that grants degrees to all Columbia students. This is despite Barnard's status as an affiliate school as opposed to an undergraduate school of the university itself. The fact that their [[diplomas]] say "Columbia University" is often used as evidence by Barnard students to justify claiming that they are "Columbia students." This particular aspect of the relationship is possibly the legacy of Columbia's first foray into the education of women, the 1883 [[Plan for the Education of Women in Connection to Columbia College]].
  
===Utilities===
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==Utilities==
 
Barnard pays Columbia for access to power and utilities and access to other facilities that it otherwise would have to provide for itself.
 
Barnard pays Columbia for access to power and utilities and access to other facilities that it otherwise would have to provide for itself.
  
==Practical Consequences==
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== References ==
As mentioned before, in day-to-day life the lines between the schools are blurred to the point that it all appears like one big student body.
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===Registration===
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[[Category:Barnard College]]
The schools have nearly complete cross-registration, Registration for Columbia students is almost seamless, with Barnard departments courses listed on the [[Columbia Course Directory]], and registrable through the same process as Columbia courses on [[SSOL]].
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[[Category:School relationships]]
 
 
===Housing===
 
Barnard and Columbia College/[[SEAS]] undergrads have historically not had swipe access to each others residence halls. Students on both sides of the street have varying opinions on this policy. Some Barnard students believe they should have access to Columbia undergraduate dorms, but CC/SEAS undergraduates should not have access to the Barnard dorms because only girls (or mostly girls) live in these dorms and thus Barnard dorms have extra security risks. Other students from both CC/SEAS and Barnard believe that neither of the two undergraduate populations should have access to the other's dorms. The two student populations belong to separate schools, these students argue, and thus each should only have access to their own dorms and the resources therein. Finally there are students, both from Barnard and CC/SEAS, who believe that all the undergraduates within Columbia university should have access to each others dorms. Students of this view generally argue that the two student populations are not really separate and that it is inconvenient for both Barnard and CC/SEAS students to not be able to swipe into each others dorms.
 
 
 
The most recent attempt to enact swipe access between schools was scuttled by [[CCSC]] in 2001. Additionally, the excuse that Barnard and Columbia have separate security offices and separate swipe access systems, integrating would be too difficult and costly. Recently there was an [[SGA]] campaign for a compromised "Flash Access," in which Barnard/CC/SEAS undergraduates would be able to sign a special security contract and then would be able to themselves sign into the other schools dorm.
 
 
 
Students from each school have the option live in the others dorms (they get swipe access to that building). Columbia students can opt to live in Barnard housing (usually [[Plimpton]]), and some students opt to [[Summer Transfer]] into Plimpton to get out of a bad Columbia housing choices if they have a really bad lottery number. Similarly, Barnard students can live with their Columbia friends in group housing (they cannot register by themselves for the Columbia lottery, but must register as a group with Columbia students). However, the number of Barnard students allowed to live in Columbia housing is limited, and cannot exceed the number of Columbia students who opt to live in Barnard housing.
 

Latest revision as of 20:53, 17 September 2011

The Columbia-Barnard relationship is governed by an Intercorporate Agreement. There have been a number of such agreements between Columbia and Barnard in their shared history. The first was established in 1900[1]. The last major negotiated agreement was in 1973 when Columbia was recovering from a financial free fall, with a major amendment in 1983- when Barnard forfeited its "monopoly" on women's undergraduate education.

The principal points of the current relationship are listed in this article.

Course registration

Columbia and Barnard students are allowed extensive cross-registration, with the only exceptions applying to certain Core requirements at both schools. This was originally a Columbia proposal in 1973, when the cash-strapped University expected Barnard to pay a fee for the net imbalance of credit flow. Columbia expected more Barnard students to enroll on Columbia courses than vice versa, thus creating a new revenue stream. This was initially the case though in recent years the trend has been reversed, and Columbia has had to pay Barnard for the imbalance of Columbia students taking Barnard courses. This can be partially attributed to Barnard's deliberate decision to develop departments that have no counterpart across the street, such as Urban Studies, and the undergraduate Theater and Dance programs.

Libraries

Barnard does not have a major research library, though Barnard College Library serves as the school's collection. Instead, its students and faculty have access to the world caliber research library resources of Columbia (and Columbians have access to Barnard's collections). Because Barnard had access to Columbia's library, it never had incentive to invest much in it's own. In 1973 Columbia demanded payment for that access, based on an estimate of what Barnard would have had to pay to maintain a library equal to that of one of its Seven Sisters peers. Barnard still pays a fee for that access.

Faculty appointments

Though Barnard College has its own faculty, the tenuring process requires that Barnard faculty appointees be reviewed by an ad hoc committee consisting of equal numbers of Barnard faculty and Columbia faculty, with a fifth member from the outside. In 1973 Columbia demanded and received full control over tenure, with the president of Columbia making the final decision to hire. The incorporation of Barnard faculty into the tenuring process was negotiated into the agreement in 1983 as compensation for Columbia College going co-ed. In 1973, both schools also agreed to cooperate in order to avoid redundancies in appointments and programs. This went hand-in-hand with the greater cross-registration agreement.

Diplomas

One of the more contentious points of the agreement between the schools (at least among petulant Columbia students), Barnard college degrees are officially granted by the Trustees of Columbia University, the same body that grants degrees to all Columbia students. This is despite Barnard's status as an affiliate school as opposed to an undergraduate school of the university itself. The fact that their diplomas say "Columbia University" is often used as evidence by Barnard students to justify claiming that they are "Columbia students." This particular aspect of the relationship is possibly the legacy of Columbia's first foray into the education of women, the 1883 Plan for the Education of Women in Connection to Columbia College.

Utilities

Barnard pays Columbia for access to power and utilities and access to other facilities that it otherwise would have to provide for itself.

References