Making Columbia town halls and community forums online

By the end of this week there will have been office hours with Dean Goldfarb, a forum for the 113th brownstones, and a focus group concerning the Ruggles basement redesign.

Three facts:

  • Most Columbia deans/Barnard deans/councils put a lot of effort into outreach.
  • Students almost invariably don't bother showing up to town halls.
  • Students then complain on Spec/Bwog when admin does something unpopular.

Here are two reasons why people don't show up to community forums/student council meetings.

1) It takes time.

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