The Us Ivy League School, Columbia University, Agreed on Friday to Implement to Array of Controversial Policy Changes, that included the overhaul of the University’s Rules for Protest and Conducting A Review of Its Middle Studies Department.
The University Said It Well Forbid Protests Inside Academic Buildings and Using Face Mask on Camps “For the Purpose of Concealing One Identity,” With an Exception Being Made for Masks Worn for Health Reasons.
Federal Officials Demanded that the University Place Its Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department Under “Academic Recevership for a Minimum of Five Years,” While Telling the Institution to Adopt a New Definition of An Tisemitism, Abolish Its Process for Disciplining Students AND CREATS A and CREATE A Strategy to “Reform undergraduate Admissions, International Recruiting and Graduate Admission Practices.”
Columbia Said It Had Agreed to Fulfill a Number of the Officials’ Demands.
Why Did Columbia University Agree to Trump’s Demands?
The Changes Came One Week After the Trump Administration Said for the University to Continue Receiving Federal Funding, Worth some $ 400 million (EUR 367 million), it Should Implement Those, and Various Other, Changes, ie Threatening to Reduce A Lot More.
The White House Said the Reason for the Cuts is the University’s Handling of Protests Against Israel’s War in Gaza, Protests Labeled by the White House as Antisemitic.
The Trump Administration’s Ultimatum Has Been Widely Conemned As An Attack on Academic Freedom.
Accord to a Letter Sent by Interim President Katrina Armstrong, The University Wood Appoint a Senior Vice Provost to Conduct a Review of Regional Studies Programs, “Starting Immediately With The Middle East,” She Composed.
Edited by: Alex Berry
