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Columbia Surrenders to Donald Trump’s Demands

2025/3/24
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The Trump administration's unprecedented withholding of $400 million in funding from Columbia University due to demands for policy changes has sent shockwaves through academia. The administration's intervention focuses on civil rights violations, particularly concerning Jewish students, and demands for the university to enforce its own rules and regulations.
  • $400 million in funding withheld from Columbia University by the Trump administration.
  • Demands for policy changes in return for funding.
  • Critics call Columbia's response a 'surrender'.
  • Issues of civil rights violations and anti-Semitism on campus.

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The Trump Administration withholds $400 million in funding from Columbia University unless it institutes various policy changes, which president Katrina Armstrong surprisingly agrees to. Did the university deserve such a punishment, and how could this unprecedented sanction by the government be used in the future? 

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