The Trump administration has cancelled $400 million worth of grants and contracts to Columbia University for “the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students,” according to the Justice Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the General Services Administration.
The Administration says that on March 3, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, which is comprised of components from each of the federal agencies, notified Columbia’s administration that “that it would conduct a comprehensive review of the university’s federal contracts and grants in light of ongoing investigations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act,” according to a press release.
At the start of the Israel and Hamas conflict, Columbia was a hotbed of protests that would often turn violent with at least one building being overtaken by demonstrators.
Columbia, according to the Administration holds about $5 billion in federal grant and contracts.