Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced her immediate resignation Wednesday, months after college protests over the Israel-Hamas war gripped the campus. "I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University," Shafik wrote in a letter to ...
Last week, Speaker Mike Johnson went to Columbia University and called for the resignation of President Minouche Shafik unless she could restore campus order. Well, after today's missed deadline -- which is about the fourth missed deadline -- it looks like President Shafik should, in fact, ...
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Congressional Republicans summoned former Harvard president Claudine Gay to Washington for a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism in December 2023. Her disastrous testimony there contributed to her resignation the following month. Since then, Harvard has faced congressional investigations and lawsuits ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson also called for Shafik's resignationwhen he visited the school Wednesday. Columbia's first woman president Columbia University announced last year Shafik would succeed outgoing president Lee Bollinger. She became the university's 20th president and thefirst woman to hold the...
Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik testified about antisemitism on college campuses before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Last year,anti-Israel encampments on campusled tomore than 100 arrests, forced the school tocancel its commencement ceremonyand, eventually, led to theresignation of the university president. The school say students can reach out toUniversity Lifefor support, and ask anyone with information about ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is opening new investigations intoallegations of antisemitismat five U.S. universities including Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley, the Education Department announced Monday. It's part of President Donald Trump...
And Columbia University, if they don’t follow through, will pay the price.” Goldman said he was “encouraged” the Columbia University president issued guidelines about additional security, calling it a “very important first step” and criticized what is happening on campus. “That is ...