The University Senate
"Subject to the reserve power of the Trustees ... the University Senate shall be a policy-making body which may consider all matters of University-wide concern, all matters affecting more than one Faculty or school, and all matters pertaining to the implementation and execution of agreements with the other educational institutions that are now or may hereafter become affiliated with the University."
Make up the University Senate
The 17 schools of Columbia, and Barnard College, Teachers College, and Union Theological Seminary.
Conduct University Senate business
Administration, Administrative Staff, Alumni, Faculty, Libarians, Research Officers, and Students.
University Senate Plenary Calendar
Monthly meetings of the full University Senate, open to all CUID holders
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Following the release of the Senate Review Committee Report and its recommendation to "establish 12-year term limits for Senators, aligned with those for Trustees," and recognizing “the importance of balancing the value of institutional memory with the importance of democratic turnover” regarding University Senate Committee leadership, the Executive Committee has proposed an amendment (Section 3.10.c.-d.) to University Senate By-Laws.
The amendment would:
- Institute 12-year term limits for University Senators, and
- Limit the holding of a committee chair assignment to three consecutive terms…
Dear Members:
The Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of the Structure and Operations Committee that University Senate terms end on August 31 and new terms begin on September 1. This will take effect immediately.
This is intended to ensure that constituencies have representation over the summer period should matters require the attention or action of the University Senate.
Thank you for your commitment to the work of the University Senate.
Sincerely,
Jeanine D’Armiento & Holger A. Klein, Executive Committee Chair and Vice Chair
Dan O’Flaherty and Daniel Savin, Structure…
Elections to the University Senate are now taking place and we hope you will participate in Columbia's exercise in shared governance. You will find more information here on the schools and constituencies to which elections are being held and on the work of University Senators.