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  • ...the 2nd-largest movement of Judaism in the United States. The JTS consists of 5 schools: * Davidson Graduate School of Education
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  • ...of [[Manhattan]]. It occupies 36 acres. It is the third, and final campus of the school, following the [[Park Place campus]], and the [[Midtown campus]] ...he massive 20 story undergraduate [[residence hall]] on the northeast part of the plot.
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  • |Name=Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ...Columbia's graduate school for subjects that don't fall under the auspices of professional schools, like law and medicine. GSAS students typically train
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  • ...ng Columbian, he has played a significant role in the 20th century history of the university. ...of the war. In addition, he holds honorary degrees from Loyola University of Chicago and St. Lawrence University.
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  • [[Image:Philosophy.jpg|thumb|300px|Philosophy Hall]] [[Image:PhilosophyFront.jpg|thumb|300px|Philosophy Hall]]
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  • '''Contemporary Civilization''', commonly referred to as '''CC''', is part of the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]. It is officially entitled ''' Essentially a "Great Books" of philosophy class, it spans two semesters, and is usually taken sophomore year, althoug
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  • ...dents. When 83-year-old Nicholas Murray Butler retired from the presidency of Columbia University, he left a gigantic institution with an enrollment over ...ould be the only individual at international conferences who wasn't a head of government or state. Despite his prolific achievements and notoriety, the F
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  • ...ts own trustees, faculty, and financial responsibilites; the academic head of Barnard is to be a dean in the University, and Barnard graduates are to rec ...any statistical calculation of enrollment, admission, or expenditure. All of these functions fall to Barnard College.
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  • :''This article is about the historical development of the Morningside Heights campus. For general information, see [[Morningside This article covers the '''development of the Morningside Heights campus''' in detail.
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  • ...47]]) is the [[John Dewey]] Professor of [[Philosophy]] and a former Chair of [[Contemporary Civilization]]. He has a delightful foreign accent, and can ...ge, the University of Vermont, the University of Minnesota, the University of California at San Diego, and, most recently, at Columbia.
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  • This page is a '''list of books about Columbia'''. * "Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler" by [[Michael Rosenthal]] (2006)
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  • '''Master of Philosophy''' ('''M. Phil''') (Latin: '''Philosophiae Magister''') is the degree is gr ...some cases is the terminal degree if the candidate, in the judgment of the faculty, will not proceed to dissertation.
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  • ...diplomas (for some schools), honors, inscriptions and various other things of that nature. ...long as the 1850s, 14 of Columbia's 32 courses required for the [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree had to do with Greek and Latin literature.
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  • Columbia's '''Philosophy Department''' was established as a graduate faculty in [[1890]], and has an unlikely equilibrium between analytical and contine It is located, appropriately enough, at the top of [[Philosophy Hall]],
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  • ...College|CC]] '[[1950|50]] was Dean of [[Columbia College]] and a professor of [[English]], specializing in American literature. ...War II]], he graduated from Columbia as [[salutatorian]] with a degree in philosophy and earned his doctorate in American lit from [[Princeton]]. Hovde then tau
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  • [[Image:Barzun.jpg|frame|right|Barzun on the cover of ''[[Columbia College Today]]'' ]] ...Born in France in [[1907]], Barzun died in [[2012]], at the incredible age of 104.
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  • ...thumb|300px|Achille's questionable status as a former [[Fraggle|occupant]] of Columbia's underground tunnel network likely persists due to his fuzzy natu ...y know that the 'or' in the above course list can signify all combinations of these classes in a given semester as well.
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  • ...octorate'' is usually required to teach at a university, though there are, of course, exceptions in specialized faculties. Doctorate derives from the Lat ...ified and disorganized doctoral hierarchy, as compared to the universities of Europe. Where distinctions are observed, they are usually nuanced. In any c
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  • ...caps and gowns were once all black. [[Jacques Barzun]], while [[Provost]] of the University, is credited with changing the attire to a slate grey emblaz ...quite cold. As medieval universities gradually gave way to secular centers of learning, the academic regalia, now known as the ''academic habit'' was ret
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  • ...as a long-term investment vehicle. On the other hand, it's not just a pile of money that serves no purpose but to grow each year either. It is managed by ...sion]] value of $7.147 billion, while Harvard and Yale remain 15-17% short of their values on June 30, 2008.
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  • ...for Outstanding Teaching]] and in [[2008]] was a recipient of [[GSAC]]'s [[Faculty Mentoring Award]]. This, despite the fact that in her emails she refers to * [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philosophy/fac-bios/goehr/faculty.html Philosophy Department Biography]
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  • ...confused with the [[Great Teacher Award]], or the [[Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award]]. ...[[Columbia College]]. It is the highest teaching honor awarded by students of the college.
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  • ...ok Award''' has been awarded annually by the [[Academic Awards Committee]] of [[CCSC]] since [[1976]]. ...ead and review all of the recent scholarly book-length publications of the faculty.
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  • ...pment. The University style guide is based heavily off the Chicago Manual of Style. ...their abbreviations, but it's the rule, so get used to it (nobody outside of the Business School uses CBS or GSB, as they insist on using).
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  • ...short, it's what you get when you're done. A [[diploma]] is physical proof of having completed a degree. ...en what you might think of as a "school" and a faculty (though sometimes a faculty can have multiple schools, and things get a little confusing when dealing w
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  • ...e the Executive Vice President of Arts and Sciences) in charge of a number of faculties with significant overlap in needs and goals. ...urrently held (in interim) by [[David Madigan]], following the resignation of long-time head [[Nicholas Dirks]] in [[2012]].
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  • The following is a suggested list of '''articles to create'''. Please remove articles that have already been cre * [[List of people who need articles]]
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  • '''Jeffrey Helzner''' is a [[philosophy]] professor who specializes in decision theory and logic. He grew up in th Among his interests is professional ice hockey. He is a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers.
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  • ...hich she strongly disagreed. Moody-Adams continues to hold a post in the [[Philosophy Department]]. ...vision of philosopher [[John Rawls]]. Before coming to Cornell in the fall of 2000, Moody-Adams worked at Indiana University, Bloomington as associate de
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  • ...o college, Steve received his B.A. from Columbia University, a Bachelor of Philosophy from Oxford University, and a PhD from Princeton University. ...p://www.usc.edu/schools/college/history/people/faculty/faculty1003656.html Faculty page @ USC]
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