Columbia University Agrees to Pay $200 Million to Restore Federal Funding

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The university said it ‘does not admit to wrongdoing,’ but accepts that ‘reform was and is needed.’

Columbia University will pay $200 million to resolve allegations that it discriminated against Jewish students, in exchange for the restoration of federal grants worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

“While Columbia does not admit to wrongdoing with this resolution agreement, the institution’s leaders have recognized, repeatedly, that Jewish students and faculty have experienced painful, unacceptable incidents, and that reform was and is needed,” the university said in a statement announcing that it had reached a deal with the federal government.

Columbia University was one of the most active campuses involved in pro-Palestinian protests that swept the United States in 2024 in the wake of terrorist group Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which triggered a war that is still ongoing. Pro-Palestinian students and activists formed encampments, and in several instances, Jewish students were physically or verbally harassed by protestors.

Critics, including President Donald Trump’s administration, have accused the university administrators of failing to take proper action in response to these incidents of anti-Semitism.

In March, several government agencies announced an initial wave of grant cancellations to the university that totaled around $400 million.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and the U.S. General Services Administration attributed the cancellation of funding to “the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.”

The same month, the Department of Education sent compliance letters to over 60 universities, warning them of potential enforcement actions if they failed to make changes to protect Jewish students under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars groups that receive federal funds from discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

In addition to a cash settlement, Columbia University will also implement a series of reforms announced earlier this year.

The university will adopt a “substantially revised” antidiscrimination and discriminatory harassment policy for students and groups, “including the ability to sanction groups, (i.e. defund, suspend, or derecognize).”

In addition, the university will continue its policy of training its faculty and staff on Title VI.

By Joseph Lord

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