Overview

• Columbia will disburse $200 million over three years to the federal government and pay $21 million to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to settle probes into campus antisemitism.
• The agreement reinstates the bulk of roughly $400 million in research funding suspended in March 2025 while safeguarding the university’s authority over faculty recruitment, admissions and academic programs.
• Nearly 80 students who occupied Butler Library in May received sanctions ranging from probation to expulsion under Columbia’s disciplinary code.
• Education Secretary Linda McMahon hailed the settlement as a turning point in enforcing accountability for antisemitism at institutions that accept taxpayer funds.
• Harvard University remains in active litigation to recover about $2.6 billion in federal grants and to preserve its SEVIS certification for international students.