In the last stretch of editing, I made some significant changes to the template I used to format my dissertation according to the guidelines set by Columbia’s Dissertation office. I changed the typography (particularly spacing) to match the university standard, and I’ve fixed the page numbering for the various front matter elements. If you are just starting to write your dissertation and are worried about getting the formatting correctly (a major hassle, to be honest), you may want consult the template I’ve posted on Github, especially if you’re considering using LaTeX. For a more thorough treatment of the “memoir” LaTeX class that I used for writing, you also might want to scope out this very helpful manual (PDF).