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[20250307] Trump yanks $400 million from Columbia over allegations of antisemitism (www.axios.com)

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Zoom in: Newly confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement that since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, "Jewish students have faced relentless violence, intimidation, and anti-Semitic harassment on their campuses— only to be ignored by those who are supposed to protect them."

She said universities must comply with all federal anti-discrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding. "For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus," McMahon added. "Today, we demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer."

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 week ago

Bent the knee, kicked in the head anyway.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Anti-discrimination laws are DEI!

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

https://sfba.social/@DeliaChristina/114190314897751979

FYI, Columbia University has a LITERAL $14.8 billion endowment.

WTF needs $400M in fed funding??

Not them!

And yet they're going to concede.

What are the mayo people of the earth DOING.

[Wrath of Khan yell]

[Also, do not Reply Guy to me about the purpose of an endowment. I used to be in philanthropy. I know how it works. And this is EXACTLY when you want to use your big ass obscene endowment.]