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Could Columbia University Use Its $15 Billion Endowment To Fight Trump? 

The question arises as Columbia University’s recent leadership changeover has placed the deal with the Trump administration on rocky ground.

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While President Trump is seeking to squeeze the finances of elite universities like Columbia, pictured, hundreds of others are also in danger. AP/Ted Shaffrey
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Should Columbia University dip into its $15 billion endowment to challenge President Trump’s crackdown on campus antisemitism? The proposal was suggested last week in an op-ed for the New York Times by an economics professor at the University of California, Merced.

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NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Ms. Zhukovsky studied economics and government at Dartmouth College.

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