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Trump Administration Issues Columbia An Ultimatum To Restore Federal Funding
The Trump administration on Thursday pressured Columbia University to make several major reforms, describing its demands as a “precondition” for potentially restoring the university’s federal funding, as more federal agents showed up on its campus to search two student rooms.
Trump administration demands widespread changes to Columbia University discipline policies
The Ivy League university has faced intense scrutiny from the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian student protests in 2024.
Trump administration outlines next steps for Columbia for revived federal funding
President Donald Trump’s administration is demanding Columbia University make widespread changes in disciplinary policies and admissions to reverse the cancellation of about $400 million in federal funds.
Trump administration issues list of demands to Columbia to restore funding
The administration’s ultimatum to Columbia is a blatant attempt to place the university — and all of academia — under Trump’s thumb.
Trump Administration Lays Out Demands to Columbia to Restore Federal Funding
The government’s requests include banning masks, empowering campus police and limiting protests.
Federal demands on Columbia mount as agents search dorm rooms
The Trump administration has told Columbia University that it must make a series of policy changes as a precondition for talks on restoring $400 million in canceled federal contracts and grants, ratcheting up its crackdown on the school and others where pro-Palestinian protests flourished last year.
Columbia University faces ultimatum from Trump administration to keep federal funding
Federal officials told the Ivy League institution to remake its disciplinary process and suspend or expel some pro-Palestinian protesters by March 20.
Trump Demands Columbia Overhauls Policies or Risks Losing Funds
A letter framed demands as "preconditions" for negotiations on Columbia's financial relationship with the federal government.
Trump administration issues nine demands to Columbia University to restore federal funding
The White House has demanded Columbia reform its world-renowned Middle Eastern studies department and adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism
Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia, alarming scholars and speech groups
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international studies department and implements sweeping changes to other campus policies.
Federal Agents Search Two Student Residences at Columbia University
Federal agents searched two student residences at Columbia University, its interim president said, a week after immigration agents detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of last year's campus protests, who the Trump administration wants to deport.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University hid students sought by the US
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking at the Justice Department, said it was all part of the president’s “mission to ...
DHS raids two Columbia University dorms rooms after Khalil ICE arrest; president’s house vandalized
In an email, Interim President Katrina Armstrong wrote that she was “heartbroken” to inform students and faculty of the ...
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Columbia’s Federal Grants and Contracts Cut
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Columbia University punishes students who took over building during anti-Israel protests
Columbia University on Thursday announced a range of punishments, including expulsions and suspensions, for students who took ...
White House pressures Columbia University as it seeks to deport pro-Palestinian activists
Immigration enforcement agents on Saturday arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident and Palestinian ...
Trump warns University of Michigan to combat anti-Semitism or lose funding
The threat to withholding funding from schools over anti-Semitism is the latest conflict between Trump and higher education.
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine after Trump clash with governor
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday it is temporarily pausing funding to the University of Maine ...
Johns Hopkins University threatened with funding cuts over antisemitism claims
In a letter​ sent out Monday, the Education Department warned 60 colleges, including Johns Hopkins University, that they ...