House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said Wednesday morning during a news conference ahead of university president Minouche Shafik's testimony before the Committee on Capitol Hill.
A pro-Palestinian student encampment that launched on campus last spring timed to her testimony in Congress on antisemitism at Columbia, inspired similar protests at universities around the world. The encampment captured global attention when some of its activists forcibly occupied a campus building, ...
NEW YORK CITY-Tensions among Columbia University students were loud and apparent Sunday, less than a week following thepresident’s testimonybefore Congress and daysfollowing more than 100 demonstrators' arrestson campus. MORE:A timeline of how we got here With signs, chants and a clear message e...
Since then, Stefanik has led the charge among Republicans, pushing for the resignation of the university leaders. The presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard have already resigned. And last week, Columbia's president became the latest to testify before Congress. Johnson's visit to...
“As I have said consistently since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing, Columbia University’s President Minouche Shafik’s failed presidency was untenable and that is was only a matter of time before her forced resignation,” Stefanik wrote. “After failing ...
In herlatest messageto students and staff, Shafik wrote it is time to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that popped up a week ago on the university's West Lawn. Protesters took over the lawn in tents followingShafik's controversial testimony before Congress. ...
The protest could become fresh fodder for Republicans. It fell outside the hours designated under new rules Columbia adopted in February. At a news conference before Shafik’s testimony, Foxx said there’s “activity going on on the campus this morning that should...
19-20. Rather, they maintain, adequacy of process is only relevant to the second part of the Suspension Clause analysis: whether Congress has provided an adequate substitute for habeas. Although respondents are correct that adequacy of process lies at the center of the "adequate substitute" prong...
In her testimony, Shafik said reconciling students' right to free speech with the rights of Jewish students to learn in an environment free from discrimination has been a central challenge on campus since Oct. 7. "Coming on the heels of the heavy-handed pressure from Congress to ...
Congress' first attempt to appropriate funds for the District of Columbia for FY2000. District officials urged the President to vetoH.R. 2587, because of the inclusion of several so called "social rider" provisions. They characterized the provisions as assaults on the city's limited home rule...