Columbia University announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus.

Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay a $200 million settlement over three years, the university said. It will also pay $21 million to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Jewish employees that occurred following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, the White House said.

Columbia has agreed to a series of demands laid out by the Republican administration, including overhauling the university’s student disciplinary process and applying a contentious, federally endorsed definition of antisemitism not only to teaching but to a disciplinary committee that has been investigating students critical of Israel.

  • GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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    Morons. Educated people are the one’s seeking higher education and educated people tend to trend left on the political spectrum. Capitulating to a far right administration just guarantees that their donors are going to decline and their enrollment is going to tank.

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      You think their billionaire donors veer left? Lmao. You are all getting shafted because of how naive you are.