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Accomplished Alumni Numbers

I feel like the last lead paragraph should be rewritten towards the end in order to give a better sense of Columbia alumni accomplishments in fields other than government. The number of presidents, founding fathers, and other politicians is great, but it leaves out the impact that Columbia alumni have had on other fields, such as business and art. I would keep the number at four, just because we don't want to risk coming off as boisterous (see It's not a score board or horse race), but I vote that we mix it up a bit to give a broader view of University accomplishments. Here's my vote:

20 Billionaires (this is a high number, only behind Harvard and Stanford)
9 Supreme court justices (Only behind Yale and Harvard)
25 Academy Award Winners (this is the highest of ANY university I can find)
3 US Presidents (Only behind Yale and Harvard)

What is everyone's opinion? I think the Nobel Prize count speaks to Columbia's huge achievements in science and literature, but I would be reluctant to place the Pulitzer count up top, just because the school also administers it, which could come off as favoritism. I think the Founding Father/Head of State count should be moved to the top of the notable alumni section, because they're definitely big accomplishments.

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I don't think the number of US Senators is correct. Only two? It's hard to believe that. Is there any source?

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The Seal

Corkythehornetfan (talk · contribs) wants to use a low quality (vector) image of the seal from the official Identity Guidelines of the University. I think a better version will be this (raster) version from a scan.

What do you thinks is the best version? RaphaelQS (talk) 18:07, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I submitted a request at the Illustration Workshop for it be cleaned up. 🎓 Corkythehornetfan 🎓 18:52, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see what they can do with such a low quality, but let's wait --RaphaelQS (talk) 06:21, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Columbia is the nation's fifth oldest institution of higher learning.

I am starting this discussion section at the request of Mr. Malik Shabazz, who has deleted my proposed footnote about Columbia University's status as the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the American colonies. I suggested my footnote because, although almost all historians agree that Columbia is the nation's fifth oldest college, there is an interesting point of disagreement coming from the University of Pennsylvania.

Very few, if any, historians disagree that the three oldest American colleges are, in order, Harvard (proposed by the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1636, chartered in 1650), William & Mary (chartered in 1693) and Yale (chartered in 1701). Furthermore, the vast majority of historians agree that the next two oldest colleges are Princeton (chartered in 1746) and Columbia (chartered in 1754), making them fourth and fifth in order, respectively. However, Penn maintains a different version of events. The University of Pennsylvania has officially recognized three founding dates over the course of its history (1750, 1749 and 1740). The currently used founding date of 1740 was adopted in 1899 in order to make Penn appear older than Princeton. American universities in 1895 had agreed that academic processions would have institutions march in the order in which they were founded, making each school's founding date a more conspicuous feature. The University of Pennsylvania was chartered in 1755 and, on that basis, would be the sixth oldest institution of higher learning.

I suggested my footnote because this is an interesting backstory to Columbia's status as the fifth oldest college. Mr. Shabazz apparently objects to discussion of this topic, perhaps because as an alumnus of Columbia, he finds the Penn point of view unsupportable. I make no argument that Penn's train of logic is sound or not. Indeed, I am clear that Penn is pretty much on its own island in terms of the opinion of other historians. I am respectfully requesting that Mr. Shabazz stop deleting my proposed footnote. Thank you. Regards, Laila

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 ::I don't see what they can do with such a low quality, but let's wait --[[User:RaphaelQS|RaphaelQS]] ([[User talk:RaphaelQS|talk]]) 06:21, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
+== Columbia is the nation's fifth oldest institution of higher learning. ==
+I am starting this discussion section at the request of Mr. Malik Shabazz, who has deleted my proposed footnote about Columbia University's status as the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the American colonies.  I suggested my footnote because, although almost all historians agree that Columbia is the nation's fifth oldest college, there is an interesting point of disagreement coming from the University of Pennsylvania.
+Very few, if any, historians disagree that the three oldest American colleges are, in order, Harvard (proposed by the Massachusetts General Assembly in 1636, chartered in 1650), William & Mary (chartered in 1693) and Yale (chartered in 1701).  Furthermore, the vast majority of historians agree that the next two oldest colleges are Princeton (chartered in 1746) and Columbia (chartered in 1754), making them fourth and fifth in order, respectively.  However, Penn maintains a different version of events.  The University of Pennsylvania has officially recognized three founding dates over the course of its history (1750, 1749 and 1740).  The currently used founding date of 1740 was adopted in 1899 in order to make Penn appear older than Princeton.  American universities in 1895 had agreed that academic processions would have institutions march in the order in which they were founded, making each school's founding date a more conspicuous feature.  The University of Pennsylvania was chartered in 1755 and, on that basis, would be the sixth oldest institution of higher learning.
+I suggested my footnote because this is an interesting backstory to Columbia's status as the fifth oldest college.  Mr. Shabazz apparently objects to discussion of this topic, perhaps because as an alumnus of Columbia, he finds the Penn point of view unsupportable.  I make no argument that Penn's train of logic is sound or not.  Indeed, I am clear that Penn is pretty much on its own island in terms of the opinion of other historians.  I am respectfully requesting that Mr. Shabazz stop deleting my proposed footnote.  Thank you.  Regards, Laila