Columbia Submits to Trump Administration’s Demands, Pledging To Implement List of Reforms — and Then Some
The memo puts an end to mounting speculation over how Columbia would respond to the administration’s crack-down on campus antisemitism.

Columbia University has agreed to implement the reforms that were demanded by the Trump administration last week as a “precondition” for reinstating $400 million in revoked federal grants, according to a memo shared by the school on Friday.
“We have worked hard to address the legitimate concerns raised both from within and without our Columbia community, including by our regulators, with respect to the discrimination, harassment, and antisemitic acts our Jewish community has faced in the wake of October 7, 2023,” the university stated in the memo.
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