Overview

• The draft deal would restore nearly $400 million in research grants frozen by the White House task force on anti-Semitism.
• Columbia would pay at least $200 million to settle civil-rights claims filed by students alleging antisemitic discrimination.
• It would require Columbia to publicly disclose detailed admissions, hiring and foreign-gift data to monitor compliance with anti-discrimination rules.
• The agreement drops earlier demands for a consent decree and broader governance reforms over campus operations.
• Negotiations led by President Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s team with Deputy Assistant May Mailman have generated a framework the administration hopes to replicate at other elite universities.