Columbia University to pay $220m to Trump administration
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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.
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.
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.
After striking $220 million deal with Columbia University, Trump indicated his efforts to overhaul elite universities are ongoing.
Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil deflected questions on CNN about if he would condemn Hamas, citing 62,000 Palestinian deaths and calling selective outrage "disingenuous."