{"id":2413196,"date":"2025-03-14T11:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-outlines-demands-for-columbia-for-federal-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:32:02","slug":"trump-administration-outlines-demands-for-columbia-for-federal-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-outlines-demands-for-columbia-for-federal-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration outlines demands for Columbia for federal funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-administration-outlines-demands-for-columbia-for-federal-funding%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=2413196&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 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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump administration outlines next steps for Columbia for revived federal funding<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2037258\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s administration is demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Columbia University<\/a> make widespread changes in disciplinary policies and admissions to reverse the cancellation of about $400 million in federal funds.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia University, a private Ivy League school in New York City, has faced intense scrutiny from the Trump administration over anti-Israel protests that took over parts of campus last spring. Last week, the Trump administration announced it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3341396\/trump-administration-cancels-columbia-university-grants-worth-400-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pull $400 million in grants<\/a> and contracts from the university, saying the school failed to combat antisemitism.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3347754\/johns-hopkins-lay-off-2000-employees-federal-cuts-research-grants\/\">Johns Hopkins to lay off 2,000 employees due to federal cuts to research grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3347553\/columbia-protesters-expelled-hamilton-hall-palestinian\/\">Columbia protesters who seized Hamilton Hall last spring expelled, school announces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3347063\/terrorist-tied-anti-israel-jewish-voice-for-peace-nyc-trump-tower-mahmoud-khalil\/\">Terrorist-tied anti-Israel protest group floods Trump Tower to demand Mahmoud Khalil&#8217;s release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Thursday, officials from the General Services Administration, Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services outlined &ldquo;immediate next steps&rdquo; in a letter addressed to Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Columbia&rsquo;s interim president. The Trump administration noted the school must take these steps by March 20 &ldquo;as a precondition for formal negotiations regarding Columbia University&rsquo;s continued financial relationship with the United States government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some demands include banning face masks that conceal protesters&rsquo; identities, giving the university president, not school faculty, disciplinary power over students, and empowering campus police to arrest &ldquo;agitators who foster an unsafe or hostile work or study environment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other requests include providing the administration with plans to &ldquo;hold all student groups accountable&rdquo; and making reforms to undergraduate admissions, international recruiting, and graduate admissions practices to comply with federal law.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We expect your immediate compliance with these critical next steps, after which we hope to open a conversation about immediate and long-term structural reforms that will return Columbia to its original mission of innovative research and academic excellence,&rdquo; the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>A university spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-trump-federal-funding-demands-0c6f7078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> the school is reviewing the letter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are committed at all times to advancing our mission, supporting our students, and addressing all forms of discrimination and hatred on our campus,&rdquo; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3341396\/trump-administration-cancels-columbia-university-grants-worth-400-million\/\" title=\"TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANCELS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRANTS WORTH $400 MILLION\">TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CANCELS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRANTS WORTH $400 MILLION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2024 protests led to former Columbia University President Minouche Shafik&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3122208\/columbia-president-resigns-months-after-pro-palestinian-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">resignation<\/a> after she faced lawmakers in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2974415\/stefanik-gop-demand-columbia-president-resign-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contentious Capitol Hill hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, the university announced it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3347553\/columbia-protesters-expelled-hamilton-hall-palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">punished students<\/a> who occupied Hamilton Hall, an administrative building, during the 2024 protests. 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