Columbia University makes comprehensive policy changes under pressure from the Trump administration

Columbia University makes comprehensive policy changes under pressure from the Trump administration

Columbia University agreed on Friday to put the Middle East Research Department under new supervision and overhaul its protest and student discipline rules, defaulting on the Trump administration’s extraordinary last resort to implementing these and other changes, or risking loss of billions of dollars in federal funds. As part of a radical reform, the university…

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Colombia makes concessions to Trump as federal funds recover

Colombia makes concessions to Trump as federal funds recover

Columbia University agrees on Friday To change its protest rules, the Department of Campus Security Policy and Middle East Research’s extraordinary concessions to the Trump administration, which refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funding without overhaul. The agreement was detailed in letters sent to federal officials and shared with members of the Columbia…

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