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We are pleased that you have visited our Office of Minority Affairs on
the web. We hope to provide you with a brief look at Columbia along
with information about applying for admission. Columbia actively seeks
to increase the number of students from traditionally underrepresented
groups in its ranks through an energetic recruitment program. This is
one of the graduate school's most important goals. Unquestionably, a
diverse student body and faculty improve scholarship at all levels.
More importantly, the nation is in dire need of scholars from
traditionally underrepresented groups who will bring their talents to
bear in research and teaching at the university level.
I can tell you that graduate school
provides an intellectually exhilarating and challenging experience. If
you are fortunate, you will find a field that fascinates you and which
elicits from you a passionate commitment. Tour our web site carefully,
then come visit us personally to get a better sense of what we offer.
Once you have identified the programs you find most exciting, we
encourage you to speak directly with their faculty for a more
comprehensive understanding of what advanced study in those particular
fields entails.
Graduate school is hard work and will
call upon resources you may not realize you have. But it is also the
door to many paths, the preparation for action instead of reaction, the
opportunity to exercise your creativity and to acquire self-confidence
and a strong sense of what you are about. In the continuing analysis,
graduate school provides the first synthesis, the assembly of the mind,
and the habits that will carry you forward under your own steam.
Columbia has much to offer you, and we hope you will consider us. We look forward to your further inquiry.
Henry C. Pinkham
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
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