Overview

• Columbia University will pay $221 million to the Trump administration to conclude federal investigations into alleged antisemitism on campus.
• The settlement reinstates the majority of the $400 million in research funding cut in March 2025.
• Columbia has sanctioned nearly 80 students who participated in anti-Israel Gaza war demonstrations, including expulsions and degree revocations.
• President Trump’s administration pressured elite universities to strengthen safeguards for Jewish students during nationwide Gaza war protests.
• Harvard University is pursuing litigation to overturn a comparable federal funding freeze imposed by the administration.