Task Force on Undergraduate Education |
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The Task Force on Undergraduate Education was established in October 2006. The Task force is reviewing broad aspects of undergraduate education, including how well the curriculum serves the rapidly changing needs of an increasingly globalized world; the balance of general education and disciplinary specialization; interdisciplinary learning; and ways to take advantage of being in New York City. The Task Force is looking at two broad areas: The first is a structural view of undergraduate education, examining how the various schools (Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies) should be organized. The second is the curriculum itself: Four sub-committees are taking up reviews of undergraduate teaching, the structure of the curriculum, globalization, and how to strengthen education in the sciences. |
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TASK FORCE MEMBERS AS OF FEBRUARY 2007
Lee C. Bollinger Chair Alfred V. Aho The Lawrence Gussman Professor of Computer Science Paul J. Anderer The Theodore and Fanny de Bary and Class of 1941 Collegiate Professor of Asian Humanities Peter Awn Dean of the School of General Studies and Professor of Religion Elizabeth S. Boylan Provost and Dean of the Faculty of Barnard College Alan Brinkley Provost of Columbia University and the Allan Nevins Professor of American History Andrew Delbanco The Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities George Deodatis Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Nicholas B. Dirks Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Dean of the Faculty, and the Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and History Geraldine Downey Chair and Professor of Psychology Stuart J. Firestein Professor of Biological Sciences Seth E. Flaxman Student Body President of the Columbia College Student Council |
Morton B. Friedman
Vice Dean of Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Robert D. Friedman Professor of Mathematics Steven Gregory Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies and Professor of Anthropology Patricia E. Grieve The Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Professor of the Humanities and Chair of Literature Humanities Robert E. Harrist The Jane and Leopold Swergold Professor of Chinese Art History Jean E. Howard Former Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives and the William B. Ransford Professor of English Martha C. Howell The Miriam Champion Professor of History Susannah Karlsson Student Body President of the School of General Studies Student Council Ira Katznelson The Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History Andrew F. Laine Vice Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Radiology George E. Lewis The Edwin H. Case Professor of Music |
Claudio W. Lomnitz
Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and Professor of Anthropology Ann E. McDermott Associate Vice President for Science Initiatives and Professor of Chemistry Christia Mercer The Gustave M. Berne Professor in the Core Curriculum at Columbia College Andrew J. Millis Chair and Professor of the Department of Physics Vijay Modi Professor of Mechanical Engineering Shahid Naeem Chair and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Daniel A. Okin Student Body President of the Engineering Student Council Susan G. Pedersen Professor of History Sheldon Pollock The William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies and Chair of the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Austin E. Quigley Dean of Columbia College, Lucy G. Moses Professor, and the Brander Matthews Professor of Dramatic Literature Elaine Sisman The Anne Parsons Bender Professor of Music David Weinstein Carl Sumner Shoup Professor of Japanese Economics |