NEW YORK POST
Columbia University to pay out more than $220M after violating Jewish students’ civil rights in massive win for Trump admin
Josh Christenson and Chris Nesi
July 24, 2025

The Trump administration has won unprecedented concessions from Columbia University in a sweeping settlement — with the Ivy League school paying more than $220 million and pledging to reverse racially discriminatory practices and resolve civil rights violations against Jewish students and workers, The Post can exclusively reveal…The resolution comes after just four months of negotiations between Columbia and Trump, striking a stark contrast with Harvard, which decided to drag the administration into court for stripping the school of $2.6 billion in grants and other funding…In addition to paying the feds $200 million to settle their discrimination claims, Columbia will fork over more than $20 million to Jewish employees who were discriminated against…The settlement further calls for Columbia to maintain a trained security force to block demonstrations in academic spaces and coordinate with the NYPD…while the university will impose a complete ban on masked protests. READ MORE

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