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U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Columbia University is “on the right track” toward recovering federal funding after the elite New York City university agreed to implement a host of policy...
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On Capitol Hill last April, Claire Shipman, then a co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, testified that she agreed there was a “moral crisis on our campus,” with students and faculty me...
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President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot to seek compliance with his agenda, cutting off money to schools including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. All the while, universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions.
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Axios on MSNTrump's funding ax throws colleges into an existential crisisThe Trump administration's attacks on universities have come swiftly and forcefully: grants slashed, thousands of jobs cut and anxiety through the roof. Why it matters: Universities produce a great deal of the scientific and technological research that drives America forward.
The government has demanded drastic changes to the university before it will consider reinstating $400 million. Lee C. Bollinger, the school’s former president, calls it an “existential threat.”
Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.
Columbia University caved to the Trump administration Friday — agreeing to policy changes including a mask ban and allowing campus cops to make arrests — after the feds yanked $400 million in ...
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The executive order directed at one of the country’s most prestigious law firms followed a well-worn playbook as President Donald Trump roared down the road to retribution.
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The New Republic on MSNTrump Kicks Off Constitutional Crisis With Doctor’s DeportationThe Constitution offers the president the unique and irrefutable power to issue pardons. In one of his final acts in office, Biden issued a slew of controversial preemptive pardons in January for individuals who had not committed crimes but had investigated, criticized, or worked to prosecute Trump for criminal wrongdoing.