According to Columbia University, she approved a list of the Trump administration’s claims on Friday because she is supposed to start discussions on the restoration of 400 million US dollars in federal financing.
After the administration cut off the funds of what it described as a failure to protect the student from anti -Semitism The federal government outlined steps The university would even have to get involved with discussions about the return of the money. Columbia approved everyone, even the most controversial, e.g. B. received certain academic departments.
The school will hire dozens of police officers on campus and give them more power to arrest students. Prohibition of masks on campus; Update its disciplinary policy; Clarification of the guidelines at acceptable times, place and way for protests; And move his university justice committee to the office of provost.
An updated definition of anti -Semitism will also take and appoint a up-to-date senior vice to monitor its center for Palestine studies and the departments of the Middle East, in South Asia and African studies.
In the letter that the Trump government sent with its demands, said that the concession is only a “prerequisite for formal negotiations on the continuing financial relationship of the US university with the government of the United States”.
The news was first reported On Wall Street Journal.
A high -ranking administrator in Columbia announced the outlet that the university is considering legal steps against the financing admission, but she no longer wanted to lose funds during a legal contestation, and many of the requirements were taken through which the school was already considered.
The concession marks a huge victory for the Trump government in its war with Elite Universities and shows that Strategy of the Federal Government Removing money could be effective when securing changes.
The administration also took out 30 million US dollars from the University of Maine and said that she had financing for the University of Pennsylvania, although the school said she had not received any notification of the move.
Columbia was a main goal of Republican legislators because it became the starting point of the pro-Palestinian camps last spring. The takeover of one of his buildings during the protests, which led to a reaction from the police that made national headlines.
Since then, several members of the Columbia Community have targeted the immigration of President Trump against their role in the demonstrations, including Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who was arrested in school apartments.
The hill has contacted the Ministry of Education to get a comment.
On Thursday, Leo Terrell, head of the Federal Task Force to combat anti -Semitism, Had said Columbia was “not even close” to meet the government’s demands.
“Columbia University is not an example of a university that is free of anti -Semitism,” said Terrell.
