Federal agencies to review Columbia University's contracts, grants after 'failure' to protect Jewish students

Columbia University said it is "fully committed to combatting antisemitism" aft 3 national agencies announced they would beryllium reviewing the school's contracts and grants aft its "apparent failure" to support Jewish students during on-campus protests against Israel.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Education (DoE) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) volition beryllium conducting the review, they said connected Monday.

Columbia University has responded to the announcement, saying they program to reappraisal the connection and that they are looking guardant to warring antisemitism with the Trump administration.

"Columbia is afloat committed to combatting antisemitism and each forms of discrimination, and we are resolute that calling for, promoting, oregon glorifying unit oregon panic has nary spot astatine our University," the assemblage said. "We look guardant to ongoing enactment with the caller national medication to combat antisemitism, and we volition proceed to marque each efforts to guarantee the information and wellbeing of our students, faculty, and staff."

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Anti-Israel agitators stitchery connected Columbia University’s field successful New York City connected Monday, April 22, 2024.  The assemblage announced that each classes would beryllium held virtually contiguous successful effect to the ongoing demonstrations connected campus. (Peter Gerber)

The quality comes aft the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's prime for caput of acquisition successful Linda McMahon, who agrees with the president's tendency to shutter the DoE.

McMahon has besides said she plans to absorption connected tackling field antisemitism and DEI initiatives.

"Americans person watched successful fearfulness for much than a twelvemonth now, arsenic Jewish students person been assaulted and harassed connected elite assemblage campuses. Unlawful encampments and demonstrations person wholly paralyzed day-to-day field operations, depriving Jewish students of learning opportunities to which they are entitled," McMahon’s connection read.

McMahon was confirmed by the Senate connected Monday to service arsenic the adjacent Secretary of Education. (Getty Images)

She said that learning institutions person a work to support each students from discrimination, particularly those that person national funding.

"Columbia’s evident nonaccomplishment to uphold their extremity of this basal statement raises precise superior questions astir the institution’s fittingness to proceed doing concern with the United States government," she said, successful part.

GSA volition beryllium facilitating the reappraisal of national backing received by Columbia, including assistance and declaration reviews crossed the national government.

"GSA remains committed to upholding national acquisition standards and ensuring that authorities contracts bespeak our nation’s values, including the combat against anti-Semitism(sic)," said Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner and Task Force Member Josh Gruenbaum. "With this partnership, we’ll beryllium moving crossed the authorities to extremity the civilization of anti-Semitism(sic) successful our institutions of higher acquisition — putting each institutions connected announcement that it volition not beryllium tolerated per President Trump’s Executive Order."

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A "Free Palestine" emblem hangs wrong a gathering astatine Barnard College successful NYC. (X/Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students)

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Columbia students occupied a gathering astatine Barnard College past week in protestation of 2 students who were expelled aft disrupting an Israeli past people by targeting Jewish students with antisemitic flyers. 

During the protest, they allegedly assaulted information guards, sending 1 to the infirmary and causing much than $30,000 successful harm to the school.