Lee Bollinger

More Green, Less Red

Emma Goss | Posted 04.18.2012

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On Equal Pay Day on April 17, we are reminded that discrimination and inequality still pervade our society.

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Constitution Check: Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Doomed?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 04.24.2012

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It will be months, maybe not until next year, before the nation will know whether the foreboding of Columbia University's President Lee Bollinger about the fate of affirmative action in college admissions is well founded.

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Beyond Fisher v. Texas: The Ongoing Threat to Diversity

Peter Aranda | Posted 03.13.2012

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"Diversity is the last man standing, the sole remaining legal justification for racial preferences in deciding who can study at public universities."

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What's The Rush? Columbia President Bollinger Signs New Agreement With the Navy

Katherine Franke | Posted 08.02.2011

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Columbia should have waited to enter into a new agreement with the Navy until after DADT had been fully repealed.

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A Decision That Fails Columbia University's Students and Mandate

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last Thursday I was supposed to engage Columbia debaters on the ethics of using animals for food. Five hours before the event was to commence, I found myself disinvited by the university.

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Open Letter to President Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia University

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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September 17, 2010 President Lee C. Bollinger Office of the President Columbia University 202 Low Library 535 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027...

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Lee Bollinger: America Needs BBC, Journalism Needs Government Help

Wall Street Journal | LEE C. BOLLINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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To me a key priority is to strengthen our public broadcasting role in the global arena. In today's rapidly globalizing and interconnected world, other...

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Donald Trump: Columbia University President Lee Bollinger Is 'Terrible' And 'A Total Moron'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Without mincing words, Donald Trump has let the world know how he really feels about Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. Before Bollinger be...

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The Pulitzer Debacle?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than simply dismissing the Pulitzers as old-fashioned or irrelevant, isn't it worth a further discussion of how the Committee goes about making its choices -- especially when it ignores the nominees of its own Jury?

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New York: Media Capital 2.0

Lee C. Bollinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like Wall Street, many of our traditional media companies are shedding jobs while the new media and technology sector is growing -- unfortunately, mostly outside of New York City.

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Appeal to Dr. Bollinger for Gaza Fulbright Students

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

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The State of Israel has refused to give permission to three Gazan Fulbright Scholars to travel to the USA. One of them is supposed to attend Columbia in the fall.

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