{"value"=>"<p>This subseries provides often opposing perspectives to the 1968 student protest. Of particular interest is the 1967 report of the Faculty Civil Rights Group, \"The Community and the Expansion of Columbia University\", in which the faculty (of which George Collins was a member) set forth its ideas on the implications of continued expansion. Much of the remainder of the series consists of press releases, memoranda, policy statements, resolutions, petitions, printed matter, and material prepared by the Executive Committee of the Faculty on its role in restructuring the University. For the most part, the faculty favored the position taken by the students, and as a group served as a moderating influence between the administration and the students.</p> <p>Reports and correspondence between students arrested during the strike and various University deans regarding disciplinary action taken toward students document the University's Joint Committee on Disciplinary Affairs, whose purpose it was to make recommendations to the University regarding disciplinary policies both on a long-term and short-term basis. This committee approved the decision to suspend students involved in the May 22, 1968, occupation of Hamilton Hall. Material related to the administration's response to the student protests include a report written by the Special Committee of the Trustees regarding the recommendation on changes in the basic structure of the University, and printed matter providing differing viewpoints concerning the amount of leniency and the role students should play in the operation of the University. The perspectives of the three University presidents representing the period from 1968-1972 are included.</p>"}