Universities are traditionally made up of many different schools and colleges. Columbia College is the Liberal Arts college of the larger Columbia University.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’s SCHOOLS AND AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
School of the Arts
School of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
Barnard College
Graduate School of Business
Columbia College
School of Continuing Education
College of Dental Medicine,
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
School of General Studies
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program
School of International and Public Affairs,
Jewish Theological Seminary (Affiliate)
Graduate School of Journalism
School of Law
School of Nursing
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Mailman School of Public Health,
School of Social Work
Teachers College (Affiliate)
Union Theological Seminary (Affiliate)
“Columbia College Today,”
College, not University?
How do they differ? "Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York." ..."
"Columbia College graduates recognized in the arts include pianist Emanuel Ax, actor James Cagney, musician Art Garfunkel, composers Richard Rodgers and John Corigliano, lyricists Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart, playwrights Samuel Spewack, Tony Kushner and Terrence McNally, writers Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Herman Wouk, Thomas Merton, Clement Clarke Moore, and Clifton Fadiman, screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, filmmaker Joseph Mankiewicz, sculptor Isamu Noguchi, and violinist Gil Shaham. Barack Obama
Additionally, highly visible former Columbia College students in recent years include President Barack Obama, New York Governor David Paterson, New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey,..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_College_%28Columbia_University%29
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From the Columbia University website...
"Obama attended Columbia College from 1981 to 1983"
Source:
http://news.columbia.edu/home/1260
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Columbia College is a relatively small, coeducational, residential college situated in a large and complex university. These circumstances work to the advantage of our students, who often enjoy the individual, personal attention that only a small college can provide and, at the same time, attend classes that offer an impressive array of intellectual challenges and rewards.
Columbia College website:
http://www.college.columbia.edu/
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Search results for "Obama" on the Columbia College website:
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