Columbia to pay $221 million to federal govt
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has won unprecedented concessions from Columbia University in a sweeping settlement — with the Ivy League school paying more than $220 million and pledging to reverse racially discriminatory practices and resolve civil rights violations against Jewish students and workers, The Post can exclusively reveal.
Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown, Duke and Northwestern
Columbia University's agreement to pay more than $220 million to the U.S. government to resolve federal probes was not capitulation but a means to restore vital public funding, the university's acting president said on Thursday.
For Columbia, the cost of mollifying Trump was steep. Claire Shipman, the university's president, agreed the school would pay a $200 million fine to resolve funding disputes, plus an additional $21 million designated for university employees who said they'd faced discrimination or harm amid campus protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Columbia University has announced disciplinary actions against students involved in protests against the war in Gaza.
Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, arrested for leading a pro-Palestinian protest, declined to condemn Hamas in a CNN interview, spark
After striking $220 million deal with Columbia University, Trump indicated his efforts to overhaul elite universities are ongoing.