Columbia University and its new president still view its antisemitism problem as nothing more than a PR crisis.
‘Not In Our Name’ letter. More than 3,000 Jewish professors, university staff and students nationwide signed this letter that criticizes the federal suppression of free speech under the guise of combating antisemitism. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER
The Morningside Heights university — which had become the epicenter of violent anti-Israel protests — agreed to implement a mask ban and put new leadership in charge of reviewing curriculum for
The question arises as Columbia University’s recent leadership changeover has placed the deal with the Trump administration on rocky ground.
Columbia University has caved in to demands from the Trump administration in an effort to restore hundreds of millions in federal funding that was yanked over how the school addresses antisemitism on campus.
Several of its policy changes were similar to those announced by Columbia University in response to demands from the federal government.
A federal judge said Jewish groups may pursue a lawsuit accusing the University of California, Berkeley, of tolerating an "unrelenting" stream of antisemitic harassment toward Jewish students and faculty.
A university senate review concludes that some demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall were willing to leave voluntarily.