Columbia University has agreed to implement significant changes to its security and protest policies as well as its Middle Eastern studies department in response to pressures from the Trump administration. The administration accused the university of not adequately protecting students and staff from antisemitic violence, linking funding restoration to these changes. Columbia's plan includes a near ban on masks on campus and the recruitment of an internal security team. The move comes amid broader federal scrutiny of elite institutions, causing alarm among academics regarding potential overreach.
In acquiescence to President Trump, Columbia University today agreed to overhaul its security and protest policies, and its Middle Eastern studies department.
Historians and professors had expressed concern about the government's possible intervention: It is one small department in one university, said a retired former chair of the department.
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