Columbia University agrees to Trump demands in effort to restore federal funding

Columbia University has agreed to a list of demands by the Trump administration in order to start negotiations on restoring $400 million in federal funding that was stripped from the university earlier this month, representing a striking concession by the private university to the federal government.

Columbia University has agreed to a list of demands by the Trump administration in order to start negotiations on restoring $400 million in federal funding that was stripped from the university earlier this month, representing a striking concession by the private university to the federal government.

The Trump administration canceled the university’s federal grants on March 7, accusing the New York school of "inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students." The abrupt cancellation of funds will end dozens, if not hundreds, of the university’s cutting-edge medical and scientific research projects.

But last week, the administration sent a letter to the university laying out nine demands that Columbia needed to accept to potentially restore funds and save the research.

In a document the university provided to the federal government and published online Friday, it appears the Trump administration got much of what it asked for.

The university has agreed to ban students from wearing masks at protests, hire 36 new campus security officers — who, unlike previous security officers, will have the ability to arrest students — and appoint a new senior vice provost to oversee the department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies.

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