University Senate Proposed: December 12, 2003

Adopted:

RESOLUTION TO ADD ONE SENATE SEAT

FOR A STUDENT REPRESENTING TEACHERS COLLEGE

WHEREAS the By-laws, Statues, and Rules of the Columbia University Senate now consider the Teachers College student representatives, without voting privileges, and

WHEREAS other constituencies in affiliated institutions, including faculty from Teachers College, Union Theological Seminary, and Barnard College, as well as students from Barnard College, receive full voting privileges as Columbia University senators, and

WHEREAS Columbia University confers all degrees and diplomas for Teachers College, and

WHEREAS the students of Teachers College contribute to the vitality and breadth of the greater Columbia community and are committed to strengthening relationships across the university;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the University Senate amend its By-laws, Statutes, and Rules to provide for one senator to be elected from and by the students of Teachers College;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Senate propose to the Trustees of the University appropriate amendments to the University Statutes to carry out the purposes of the prior resolutions.

Proponents:

Student Affairs Committee

Structure and Operations Committee