Recession brings increase in applicants to TC

In today’s grim job market, many are turning to one profession that may have been hit less hard than others. Educators seem to be having a relatively easier time finding employment than their job-seeking peers going after corporate positions. As both undergraduates and career-changers recognize this trend, many are deciding to pursue degrees at schools of education like Columbia’s Teachers College.

By Jessica Hills | Apr 26 09:19 pm ET

In today’s grim job market, many are turning to one profession that may have been hit less hard than others. Educators seem to be having a relatively easier time finding employment than their job-seeking peers going after corporate positions. As both undergraduates and career-changers recognize this trend, many are deciding to pursue degrees at schools of education like Columbia’s Teachers College.

Hate mail sends noose drawing to TC prof

Hate mail sent to Teachers College professors contained anti-Semitic and racist emblems, New York City Police Department officials confirmed Thursday.

By James Tyson | Apr 2 08:34 pm ET

Hate mail sent to Teachers College professors contained anti-Semitic and racist emblems, New York City Police Department officials confirmed Thursday.

TC professors receive ‘hate mail’

Professors at Teachers College received “envelopes containing hate mail” on Tuesday, according to an e-mail Spectator obtained from students that was originally sent by TC President Susan Fuhrman and Provost Thomas James that afternoon.

By Joy Resmovits | Mar 31 09:09 pm ET

Professors at Teachers College received “envelopes containing hate mail” on Tuesday, according to an e-mail Spectator obtained from students that was originally sent by TC President Susan Fuhrman and Provost Thomas James that afternoon.

It’s About More Than a Noose

On Tuesday afternoon, I received a text message in class about a noose being hung outside of a black professor’s office at Teacher’s College.

By Christien Tompkins | Oct 11 12:37 am ET

On Tuesday afternoon, I received a text message in class about a noose being hung outside of a black professor’s office at Teacher’s College.

Confrontation, Not Silence

We do not yet know the name or the precise intentions of the person who hung a noose on the office door of an African-American Teachers College professor on Tuesday, and it's possible we never will

By Editorial Board | Oct 10 01:24 am ET

We do not yet know the name or the precise intentions of the person who hung a noose on the office door of an African-American Teachers College professor on Tuesday, and it's possible we never will

Noose Left on Door of Black Professor

A hangman's noose was found pinned to the door of an African-American professor's door at Teacher's College, administrators wrote in an e-mail today.

By Joy Resmovits, Laura Schreiber, and Mary Kohlmann | Oct 9 04:02 pm ET

A hangman's noose was found pinned to the door of an African-American professor's door at Teacher's College, administrators wrote in an e-mail today.