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Apr 5, 2025 The Trump administration pressured Columbia University by threatening to withhold $400 million unless it changed protest, security, and academic policies Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The threat used federal money to force changes in campus governance and protest rules, testing executive leverage over academic independence and speech.
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- Trump administration pressures Columbia University — The Trump administration threatened to withdraw $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University unless it implemented measures to address what it deemed acts of antisemitism on campus.
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Week 12 – 2025-04-05–2025-04-11
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