White House may seek binding control over Columbia through consent decree
a year ago
- #antisemitism
- #Trump administration
- #Columbia University
- The Trump administration is considering placing Columbia University under a consent decree, escalating federal crackdown on the Ivy League institution.
- Columbia has accepted changes demanded by the administration to restore $400m in suspended federal grants and contracts over antisemitism allegations.
- A consent decree would require Columbia's agreement, but it's unclear if the university board has discussed such a plan.
- The proposal comes from the administration’s antisemitism taskforce, which doubts Columbia's 'good faith' actions.
- Republicans and the Trump administration aim to make an example of Columbia due to its role in student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza.
- Federal immigration authorities arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate and Palestinian activist involved in campus protests.
- Trump pressed Education Secretary Linda McMahon on withholding federal funds from universities, including Columbia and Cornell, totaling nearly $1bn.