Claude Steele

Admins implement new tenure review system

The new system does away with the long-standing process of forming a special committee for each case, increasing efficiency but reducing the specialized nature of the process that determines which professors get tenure.

Provost Steele accepts position at Stanford

During his time at Columbia, Steele co-chaired a task force on fringe benefits and developed a program that aims to diversify the faculty and student body.

Report recommends scaling back fringe benefits

According to a 38-page preliminary report released by the administration, future University officers may be looking at limited tuition benefits, a vesting period to accumulate retirement benefits, and a high-deductible health plan.

Steele settles in, speed-dates deans

New provost Claude Steele has been "speed-dating" the deans.

Provost and psychologist: Claude Steele explains his theory of stereotype threat

On Tuesday evening, Provost Claude Steele's crowded Low Library lecture, “Identity and Stereotype Threat: Their Nature and What to do About Them at School and Work,” was based on his upcoming book, “Whistling Vivaldi.”

New year, new administrators

With the start of the new academic year comes the introduction of fresh faces to the administration, including the deans of Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Continuing Education, financial aid, and student advising, as well as a new provost.

Incoming Provost Claude Steele brings practical outlook to post

Claude Steele is a very practical man. University President Lee Bollinger announced that Steele would be the University’s next provost, or chief academic officer, in an e-mail to Columbians earlier this month. In this post, Steele’s characteristic calmness and practicality may help as he tries to navigate Columbia’s sprawling bureaucracy in a time when the University is tightening resources.