The University Centers for Rational Alternatives (formerly known as Coordinating Centers for Democratic Opinion[1]) were American university groups that aimed to bring together disparate viewpoints in an academic, non-violent manner. The organisation was initially formed by Professor Sydney Hook of New York University following student riots in 1968.[2]
Hook stated that the purpose of these organizations was to support academic freedom and rational inquiry through appropriate means[3] in the aftermath of campus protests[4] [5] and a perceived rise in student radical politics. The organisation spoke out against affirmative action and racial or sex quotas for universities.[6]
Its Columbia University branch had a journal called Measure.[7]