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Harlem fourth graders try college for a day, study science

Looking relieved to file into the air conditioned classroom after having just finished their tour of Columbia’s main campus, 22 fourth graders from River East Elementary School in East Harlem took their seats in one of the first science lecture halls created at Teachers College.

By Jessica Hills | Apr 28 10:30 pm ET

Horowitz chides CU's 'radical professors'

The conflation of academia with politics became a hot-button issue this Friday in a discussion led by conservative writer and activist David Horowitz, CC ’59.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Apr 19 10:34 pm ET

Hate crimes and institutional racism

The silence of the administration is dangerous because it keeps students ignorant of the challenges we face, but, more importantly, this silence teaches us that crimes motivated by bigotry should be accepted as a fact of life.

By Nicole Winter | Apr 13 11:24 pm ET

TC forms academic partnership in Turkey

Continuing its yearlong trend of reaching out to institutions around the globe, Teachers College has entered into a partnership with Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Turkey.

By Jessica Hills | Apr 2 08:36 pm ET

Teachers College professors receive hate mail

WEB UPDATE Professors at Teachers College have received "envelopes containing hate mail," according to an e-mail Spectator obtained from students that was sent by TC President Susan Fuhrman and Provost Thomas James. Stay tuned for updates, and see below for full text of e-mail.

By Joy Resmovits | Mar 31 05:17 pm ET

CU partners wtih Harlem local schools

Early on Saturday morning, local teachers and administrators filed into Macy Hall at Teachers College, chatting energetically and exchanging stories and tips as if they were students waiting for class to begin.

By Jessica Hills | Mar 30 01:17 am ET

Better Teachers with Online Education

The teacher shortage coupled with the current economic crisis makes a great case for the possibilities of an online degree program, especially considering the major advances in interactive technology and online learning platforms in the past decade.

By Edward Kim | Mar 3 10:42 pm ET

TC to Partner With Dom. Republic in Education

The Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science & Engineering will serve as a model school in a new joint venture between Teachers College and the government of the Dominican Republic to improv

By James Tyson | Oct 27 07:51 pm ET

McCain, Obama Education Advisers Debate at TC

Education advisers to the two major U.S.

By Alix Pianin | Oct 21 11:23 pm ET

TC Professor to Lead National Academy of Education

Teachers College President Susan Fuhrman will begin her tenure as president of the National Academy of Education in October 2009, while continuing her service at TC.

By Joy Resmovits | Oct 5 10:09 pm ET

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