Columbia University reached an agreement with the Trump administration on Friday following the fight over federal funding.
The Trump administration in early March pulled over $400 million from universities after it failed to protect Jewish students when campuses became a hot spot for anti-Semitic protests since the start of the Gaza War in 2023. announcement He stated a new commitment to updating Colombia’s policy and restoring order and protecting students.
Working with the Trump administration request To help the school get funds back, Columbia agreed to ban masks on campus, hired additional police officers on campus and strengthened staff for disciplinary action. The university also declared that it would enforce the protest rules it already has in its books.
“The past year has been one of the great advancements in shaping a principled and systematic approach to addressing the challenges of the moment by which a community of thoughtful faculty, students and stakeholders is addressed,” Armstrong said. I said With the announcement. “Our response to government agencies outlines the substantial work we have done last year in order to help us move forward, ensure uninterrupted academic activities and ensure that all students, faculty and staff are safe and welcoming on campus.”
The demonstrators met outside Columbia University to support Palestine and protested the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Colombian alumnus who played a role in Palestinian protests at the university in New York City on March 14, 2025. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Addressing concerns that the university ignores civil rights laws and illegally uses race as a factor in enrollment, Columbia also said it will train staff to comply with a positive ban.
Foreign funding will also be properly tracked and reported, the university said.
Columbia did not mention changes to international student enrollment policies, saying it would be “subject to various legal regulations,” including “anti-discrimination rules against Student VISA and Immigration Act.”
“In everything we do, we are committed to full compliance with these other federal and state laws governing Colombia, protecting constitutional protections,” the university said.
Columbia has directed the Daily Call News Foundation to the published documents in response to a request for comment. The university did not address questions regarding changes to international student hospitalization.
The violent campus has overtaken campus since October 7, 2023, culminated with several arrests at the university and overtaking Hamilton Hall in the spring semester of 2024. On March 13, Columbia allegedly punished several students for being involved in the incident, but a university spokesman refused to state the names and numbers of students who had been suspended, expelled or revoked their degrees. (Related: Judges may just threw a wrench at crackdown on GOP’s violent campus protests)
Several foreign students face deportation for involvement in the protest.
“The way Colombians and the Colombians are portrayed is difficult to take into account,” Armstrong wrote. “Yes, there’s a challenge, but they don’t define us.”
The U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of General Services did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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