Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, criticizes university over antisemitism and protests
The longtime Columbia professor said that students feel targeted and ‘terrorized’
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News Columbia University will screen prospective students for ‘civility’
Students are discussing Israelis and Palestinians and other issues, then assessing each other’s behavior — for college admissions
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Antisemitism Decoded How Trump is banning DEI at universities — except for Jews
The Trump administration's ban on DEI at universities has one big exception: Jewish students get special support.
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Antisemitism Decoded Columbia’s settlement won’t solve its campus crisis. Here’s what could.
Many of the negative experiences that Jewish students are having fall outside the bounds of lawsuits or legal settlements
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Antisemitism Decoded Why Jewish students aren’t celebrating Columbia’s antisemitism deal with the Trump administration
Some pro-Israel students view the settlement as weak and don’t trust Columbia to enforce it, while Jews who participated in campus protests think the school capitulated to Trump
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Fast Forward Columbia reaches $221M settlement with Trump administration over antisemitism allegations
“Jewish students and faculty have experienced painful, unacceptable incidents,” the school said without conceding wrongdoing
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