Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong announced on March 21 that she has implemented the Department of Education’s requirements for combatting campus anti-Semitism in order to receive federal funding.
All nine conditions required by President Donald Trump, the Department of Education, and the Department of Justice have been addressed, Armstrong stated, including a student mask ban—unless for health or religious reasons—a revised admissions and recruitment process, and strict administrative oversight from a new senior vice provost who will monitor certain academic majors that, in the past, had provided anti-Semitic instruction.
Additionally, Armstrong announced that the campus judicial board for disciplining students will be made up of administrators and faculty members from now on. Also, the campus public safety staff is being increased to better handle disruptive situations, and the “intellectual diversity” in the faculty will be expanded, according to Armstrong....
