Overview

• Nearly 80 students were sanctioned for occupying Butler Library and an alumni weekend encampment, with more than 80% facing suspension or expulsion and others placed on probation or stripped of degrees.
• Columbia moved its University Judicial Board under the president’s office and removed student representatives to overhaul its campus disciplinary governance.
• The university adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism and pledged partnerships with Jewish and pro-Israel groups to combat harassment.
• Under the agreement Columbia will pay $200 million to the federal government and $21 million to the EEOC to secure the reinstatement of most of the $400 million in frozen research grants.
• Civil liberties advocates warn that strict disciplinary measures and federal funding conditions risk chilling academic freedom and protest rights on campus.