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 The
partnership between Barnard College and Columbia University
remains an exemplary shared commitment unique in American
higher education and one that benefits students at both
institutions.
The partnership dates back to Barnard's founding at
the turn of the last century and the conviction of Columbia's
10th president, Frederick A. P. Barnard, that women
deserved an education in New York City comparable to
that received by men. Since that time, both institutions
have continued to see its value, and reaffirmed and
expanded the tenets of the affiliation agreement that
has bound Barnard and Columbia together.
Barnard
is an undergraduate college formally affiliated with
the University. Students at each institution can take
courses at the other. Barnard students receive the diploma
of the University signed by the presidents of both institutions,
and the College is represented in the University Senate.
At the same time, Barnard is legally separate and financially
independent from the University; sets its own student
fees; has a separate endowment, administration and faculty,
and admissions office; and undertakes its own fund-raising.
Under the affiliation agreement, Barnard may admit only
women to its degree-granting programs while Columbia
may admit both men and women to its degree programs.
Subject to some limitations, Barnard may admit men as
well as women to its courses as non-matriculants.
For
more than 100 years, administrations of both institutions
have continued to see the partnership's great value.
The benefits to all undergraduates can be found in the
classrooms of both campuses, on the athletic fields,
in a wide variety of extracurricular activities, and
in community service organizations, while the benefits
to the institutions can be found in the expanded curricular
offerings, shared faculty resources and efficiencies
achieved.
About
the Partnership
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Barnard
students benefit from their affiliation with Columbia
through the academic and cultural resources offered
by a great research university, and also through participation
in the social life of a large coeducational institution.
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Columbia
students benefit from their affiliation with Barnard
since it gives them access to the College's academic
and cultural resources, the environment of a small,
liberal arts college, and an institution especially
focused on issues of gender equity.
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Students
at Columbia College and Barnard College benefit from
the complementary programs offered by each to supplement
the programs of the other. For example, Barnard takes
primary responsibility for undergraduate majors in
architecture, dance, theatre, urban studies, and offers
a program in teacher education for all undergraduates,
while Columbia takes primary responsibility for majors
in computer science, music, statistics and visual
arts.
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Barnard
and Columbia cooperate on the appointment of faculty
in order to reduce duplication and maximize resources.
Barnard faculty seeking tenure pass review both by
Barnard and by the University-wide tenure system.
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As
part of its service to the University, Barnard faculty
members teach between 38 and 42 graduate courses at
the University each year, frequently serve as advisers
to University graduate students, and sit on University
tenure review committees.
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Cross-registration
in classes flows both ways across the two institutions,
with slightly more Barnard students taking classes
at Columbia, as expected because of the asymmetry
in size of the two institutions. Typically, Barnard
students take an average of 7,000 courses a year at
Columbia, while Columbia students take an average
of 6,600 courses a year at Barnard.
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Barnard
College, Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School
of Engineering & Applied Science, and the School of
General Studies each have different general education
requirements that reflect differing visions of an
undergraduate education. Columbia College's is built
on a core curriculum, Barnard's on a set of breadth
requirements covering nine ways of knowing. The School
of Engineering and Applied Science and the School
of General Studies have separate requirements that
are distinctive and reflect each school's mission.
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The
partnership makes possible the nation's only athletic
consortium of its kind in NCAA Division I, where Columbia
and Barnard women compete together on 14 intercollegiate
teams. The two institutions take equal financial responsibility
for the consortium's operating cost.
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The
key characteristics of the Barnard and Columbia partnership
- separate administration, faculties and endowment;
cross-registration; the practice of having students
receive the degree of the University; University-level
tenure for Barnard faculty and Barnard faculty involvement
in the University's graduate programs - have been
defined and expanded over the course of 10 separate
Barnard and Columbia administrations from 1900 to
the present. The latest agreement, signed in 1998,
covers 10 years with a five-year extension. To ensure
a high level of cooperation, a standing committee
of trustees at Barnard and Columbia meets at least
semiannually to review relations between the two institutions.
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To
cover the costs of faculty exchange, instruction,
use of libraries, special services, and support, Barnard
pays an annual fee to Columbia. Barnard students pay
the same fee that Columbia students pay for the use
of Alfred Lerner Hall and the Columbia athletic facilities.
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Separate
agreements cover a variety of miscellaneous services
and programs including Columbia University in Paris
(formerly Reid Hall), radiation safety, library cataloging,
e-mail and telecommunications, ID cards, shuttle buses,
and a student housing exchange. Barnard's partnership
with Columbia also includes access to a limited number
of Columbia apartments for Barnard faculty.
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Barnard College, Office of Public Affairs, April 2001
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