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    Trump demands major changes in Columbia discipline and admissions rules | A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts


    Trump demands major changes in Columbia discipline and admissions rules | A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts

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    1. ONETRILLIONAMERICANS on

      > The Trump administration on Thursday demanded that Columbia University make dramatic changes in student discipline and admissions before it would discuss lifting the cancellation of $400 million in government grants and contracts.

      > It said the ultimatum was necessary because of what it described as Columbia’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment.

      > The government called for the university to formalize its definition of antisemitism, to ban the wearing of masks “intended to conceal identity or intimidate” and to place the school’s Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department under “academic receivership.”

      > “We expect your immediate compliance,” officials from the General Services Administration, Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services said in a letter.

      > They said that since the Trump administration had announced it was cutting the funding, “your counsel has asked to discuss ‘next steps.’” The administration demanded a response to its letter within a week as “a precondition for formal negotiations regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States government.”

      !ping SNEK&ED-POLICY

    2. drossbots on

      I couldn’t give less of a fuck what anyone thinks about Palestine/Israel protests. This shit is not acceptable in any way regardless of reasoning.

    4. MathematicsMaster on

      Conservatives have always been soooo salty about the overwhelming left bent of academia

    5. patdmc59 on

      Breaking into the Capitol building and occupying offices = Totally cool and patriotic.
      Breaking into university offices = anti-Semitic. Bring down the hammer and deport everyone involved.

    7. ConnorLovesCookies on

      > Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you

      Spends half his time bullying college students and half his time tanking the economy.

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