 Some of the elements of the deal required faculty approval , and the faculty voted to uphold the reprimands of the three students on April 21 . The faculty was asked to reconsider , and a group of 2 @,@ 000 to 10 @,@ 000 gathered in Barton Hall to debate the matter as the faculty deliberated . This " Barton Hall Community " formed a representative Constituent Assembly which undertook a comprehensive review of the University . Among the changes stemming from the crisis were the founding of an Africana Studies and Research Center , an overhaul of the campus judicial system , and the addition of students to Cornell 's Board of Trustees . The crisis also prompted New York to enact the Henderson Law requiring every college in the State to adopt rules for the maintenance of public order . 
