I'd recommend that parents not only support the Parents Fund, but also sign up to be Parents Fund volunteers. The programs the Fund augments, like stipends for faculty teaching in the core curriculum or residential life programs that encourage students to explore other parts of the city, magnify and enrich the undergraduate experience for all Columbia students.  We believe that our daughter will look back on these four years as the happiest in her academic life. She loves being in a school that is situated in a city where so much is going on, and she is also surrounded by students who take their learning opportunities, both inside the classroom and out, very seriously.