The American Council of Trustees and Alumni released a report grading schools on their ability to satisfy core curriculum requirements. Liberal arts programs in 100 top colleges and universities were all scrutinized to see how well rounded their course requirements seemed. Naturally, Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences did not perform so hot.

I visited this subject last semester, specifically targeting science and math education at Cornell, since outside of a few colleges, it’s horrendously lacking. But the argument easily extends to Cornell’s entire breadth curriculum. But how does it stack up to other peer institutions? This leads to a comparison of Cornell to our downstate cousin, Columbia, the other “CU.”