Columbia College Chicago

CTL-E-3340 · School · college · contemporary

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Private nonprofit college in Chicago focused on arts and media education; ran the 2012 'Prioritization' initiative that threatened the Center for Black Music Research.

The record

Also known as: Columbia College

Notes

RELP76 new entity (2026-10-06). Identity check: name-collision checked. Host institution of the CBMR defunding threat (focal CTL-E-0835). Verification Provisional: record built from 2012 press coverage; founding/charter details not re-verified in this pass.

Referenced by

CBMR defunding threat — held at → this record
Samuel A. Floyd Jr. — affiliated with → this record

Sources

Inside Higher Ed - Restructuring proposal at Columbia Chicago prompts criticism (2012-03-06)
ChicagoTalks - Columbia College 'Prioritization' Protest and Forum Video (2012)
JBHE - Center for Black Music Research May Be on the Chopping Block (2012-05)

Record CTL-E-3340 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 3 sources · 2 mapped relationships · CTL research: RELP-001.
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