Columbia College has reached a take care of the Trump administration to pay greater than $220 million to the federal authorities to revive federal analysis cash that was cancelled within the identify of combating antisemitism on campus, the college introduced Wednesday.
Underneath the settlement, the Ivy League college can pay a $200 million US settlement over three years, the college stated. It should additionally pay $21 million US to settle investigations introduced by the U.S. Equal Employment Alternative Fee.
“This settlement marks an vital step ahead after a interval of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty,” appearing college president Claire Shipman stated.
The Trump administration pulled the funding due to what it described because the college’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus through the Israel-Hamas struggle that started in October 2023.
Columbia then agreed to a sequence of calls for laid out by the Republican administration, together with overhauling the college’s pupil disciplinary course of and adopting a brand new definition of antisemitism.
Settlement comprises no admission of wrongdoing
Wednesday’s settlement — which doesn’t embody an admission of wrongdoing — codifies these reforms whereas preserving the college’s autonomy, Shipman stated.
The varsity had been threatened with the potential lack of billions of {dollars} in authorities assist, together with greater than $400 million US in grants cancelled earlier this yr.
As It OccursColumbia newspaper editor says college students are self-censoring out of concern
Because the Trump administration within the U.S. threatens universities and detains pupil activists, a campus newspaper editor says college students are pondering twice earlier than talking up. Adam Kinder, editor of the Columbia Political Assessment, spoke to As It Occurs host Nil Köksal.
Support Greater and Subscribe to view content
This is premium stuff. Subscribe to read the entire article.
