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President Bollinger argues that we need a new civil rights movement, like the one that led to the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which desegregated American public schools. 

I am writing to announce the creation of a University-wide discussion, or forum, on the question of what is a global university, and, in particular, what is a “global Columbia.” 

I am pleased to see that anti-boycott legislation is no longer being considered by the State Assembly’s Higher Education Committee. I strongly urge that the bill not be reintroduced and hope that this action marks the end of a misguided legislative effort that would have undermined academic freedom.