Ryan Knutson

The Trump administration also wanted Columbia to adopt a formal definition of anti-Semitism and take disciplinary power away from a judicial board and give it to the office of the university president. And there was another demand that made a lot of faculty angry.

How is it even possible that the president of the United States can just unilaterally cancel grants and contracts? Like, on what grounds can he even make demands like this?

How is it even possible that the president of the United States can just unilaterally cancel grants and contracts? Like, on what grounds can he even make demands like this?

How is it even possible that the president of the United States can just unilaterally cancel grants and contracts? Like, on what grounds can he even make demands like this?

Right, the Columbia student who was acting as a spokesman to some of those protests who's now facing deportation.

Right, the Columbia student who was acting as a spokesman to some of those protests who's now facing deportation.

Right, the Columbia student who was acting as a spokesman to some of those protests who's now facing deportation.

Which departments at Columbia stood to hurt the most from these funding cuts?

Which departments at Columbia stood to hurt the most from these funding cuts?

Which departments at Columbia stood to hurt the most from these funding cuts?

What the impact of their decision might be, that's after the break. So Last week, Columbia outlined its decision regarding Trump's demands in a memo to his administration. And for the most part, it gave Trump what he was asking for. The first thing is that students will no longer be allowed to use masks to conceal their face during an unauthorized protest.

What the impact of their decision might be, that's after the break. So Last week, Columbia outlined its decision regarding Trump's demands in a memo to his administration. And for the most part, it gave Trump what he was asking for. The first thing is that students will no longer be allowed to use masks to conceal their face during an unauthorized protest.

What the impact of their decision might be, that's after the break. So Last week, Columbia outlined its decision regarding Trump's demands in a memo to his administration. And for the most part, it gave Trump what he was asking for. The first thing is that students will no longer be allowed to use masks to conceal their face during an unauthorized protest.

The school also agreed to give campus officers more power.

The school also agreed to give campus officers more power.

The school also agreed to give campus officers more power.

And then there's the receivership. Columbia agreed to bring in a new administrator to oversee the department that includes Middle Eastern studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies.

And then there's the receivership. Columbia agreed to bring in a new administrator to oversee the department that includes Middle Eastern studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies.

And then there's the receivership. Columbia agreed to bring in a new administrator to oversee the department that includes Middle Eastern studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies.

Columbia said it worked hard to address legitimate concerns from both inside and outside the university, and that it will adopt institutional neutrality, meaning it will stop taking official positions on most political issues. Doesn't Columbia, like a lot of universities, have this massive endowment with billions of dollars in it?