{"id":2411150,"date":"2025-03-07T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-makes-columbia-pay-a-very-expensive-price-for-abandoning-obligation-to-jewish-students\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:16:40","slug":"trump-admin-makes-columbia-pay-a-very-expensive-price-for-abandoning-obligation-to-jewish-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-makes-columbia-pay-a-very-expensive-price-for-abandoning-obligation-to-jewish-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Makes Columbia Pay a Very Expensive Price for Abandoning &#8216;Obligation to Jewish Students&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-makes-columbia-pay-a-very-expensive-price-for-abandoning-obligation-to-jewish-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411150&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration has announced the withdrawal \u200bof $400 million \u200din funding \u2062from \u200bColumbia \u200bUniversity, citing the\u2062 institution&#8217;s failure to address anti-Semitism \u2062on campus. This decision \u2063comes soon after federal agencies\u200c indicated a review \u200dof Columbia&#8217;s \u200deligibility for over\u200c $5\u2062 billion\u2064 in \u2063federal grants\u2064 due to concerns about its treatment of Jewish students amid ongoing protests related to the Israel-Hamas\u200d conflict. Though Columbia has formed \u200da new disciplinary committee and initiated investigations\u200c into anti-Semitic incidents, \u2062these measures were deemed \u2064insufficient by \u2064the government. Education Secretary Linda \u2064McMahon emphasized that universities must adhere\u2064 to federal \u200danti-discrimination laws if they wish to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-amps-up-its-war-on-christian-university-goes-step-further-after-unprecedented-fine\/\" title=\"Biden administration escalates battle with Christian ..., takes further action following hefty fine\">receive\u200b federal funding<\/a>. Columbia\u200c expressed a commitment\u200b to \u2062combat anti-Semitism\u200b and plans \u2062to collaborate\u200d with the government to recover the lost\u200c funds.The university\u200c is\u2062 reviewing how this funding withdrawal will impact its\u200d operations and projects. Columbia is among several colleges under scrutiny for their management\u200b of anti-Semitic incidents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said Friday that it&rsquo;s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school&rsquo;s failure to squelch anti-semitism on campus.<\/p>\n<p>The notice came five days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-unleashes-overall-transformation-of-government-with-collateral-action-plans\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Unleashes \u2018Overall Transformation Of Government\u2019 With \u2018Collateral Action Plans\u2019\">federal agencies announced<\/a> they were considering orders to stop work on $51 million in contracts with <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/columbia-university-propalestinian-gaza-protests-980e22266c6a6d1c86b670a3d6be655a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York City university<\/a> and reviewing its eligibility for over $5 billion in federal grants going forward. And it came after Columbia set up a new disciplinary committee and ramped up its own investigations into students critical of Israel, alarming free speech advocates.<\/p>\n<p>But Columbia&rsquo;s efforts evidently didn&rsquo;t go far enough for the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Universities must comply with all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-embraces-separate-but-equal\/\" title=\"The Left supports &#039;Separate But Equal\">federal antidiscrimination laws<\/a> if they are going to receive federal funding. For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus,&rdquo; Education Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/linda-mcmahon-announces-department-educations-final-mission-sworn-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linda McMahon<\/a> said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia vowed to work with the government to try to get the money back.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We take Columbia&rsquo;s legal obligations seriously and understand how serious this announcement is and are committed to combatting anti-semitism and ensuring the safety and well-being of our students, faculty and staff,&rdquo; the university said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear which research, projects, or activities will be affected at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-swoops-makes-mass-arrests-columbia-rioters-escalate-alarming-untenable-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia<\/a>, which operates a medical center, among many other functions.<\/p>\n<p>The university said it was reviewing the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>An inquiry was sent to the federal Education Department, which issued Friday&rsquo;s announcement along with the Health and Justice departments and the General Services Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia has become the first target in President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-early-bill-clinton-clips-sound-exactly-like-donald-trump-govt-spending-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign to cut federal money to colleges accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">tolerating anti-semitism amid<\/a> the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The university was at the forefront of U.S. campus protests over the war last spring. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-take-over-capitol-rotunda-marjorie-taylor-greene-declares-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators<\/a> set up an encampment in April and inspired a wave of similar protests.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters at Columbia went on to seize a campus building, resulting in dozens of arrests when police cleared the building.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, a much smaller contingent of demonstrators have staged brief occupations of buildings at Columbia-affiliated Barnard College to protest the expulsion of two students accused of disrupting an Israeli history class. Several students were arrested following an hours-long takeover of a building Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Many people involved in the protests said there&rsquo;s nothing anti-semitic about criticizing Israel over its actions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-shocks-news-conference-netanyahu-us-will-take-gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a> or expressing solidarity with Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia has acknowledged concerns about anti-semitism: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvards-embattled-anti-semitism-chairman-goes-mute\/\" title=\"Harvard&#039;s ... Chairman Stays Silent\">university task force<\/a> said last summer that Jews and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vacation-hotspot-bans-israelis-citizens-country-told-consider-leaving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israelis<\/a> at the school were ostracized from student groups, humiliated in classrooms, and subjected to verbal abuse amid the spring demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Some students, and an attorney advising them, see its new disciplinary crackdown as an effort to mollify the government by suppressing pro-Palestinian speech.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia was one of five colleges that has come under new federal anti-semitism investigations, and it&rsquo;s one of 10 being visited by a task force in response to allegations that the colleges have failed to protect Jewish students.<\/p>\n<p>Others under investigation include the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Minnesota; Northwestern University; and Portland State University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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