Consequences: Columbia University To Let 180 Go After Losing Federal Money

There are consequences for allowing rampant Jew hatred and support of Palestinian terrorism rage across campus, among others

Columbia University lays off around 180 staff after Trump administration revokes grants

Columbia University said it will cut around 180 staff members Tuesday following the Trump administration’s announcement in March that it canceled $400 million in federal grants over the Ivy League school’s “failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment.”

“Across the research portfolio we have had to make difficult choices and unfortunately, today, nearly 180 of our colleagues who have been working, in whole or in part, on impacted federal grants, will receive notices of non-renewal or termination,” acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman said in a statement. “This represents about 20% of the individuals who are funded in some manner by the terminated grants.

“In the coming weeks and months, we will need to continue to take actions that preserve our financial flexibility and allow us to invest in areas that drive us forward,” she added. “This is a deeply challenging time across all higher education, and we are attempting to navigate through tremendous ambiguity with precision, which will be imperfect at times.” (snip)

Columbia University said in early March that it was “notified of federal action from Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) cancelling $400 million in federal funding to the University.

“The federal agencies cite ‘the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.’ There is no question that the cancellation of these funds will immediately impact research and other critical functions of the University, impacting students, faculty, staff, research, and patient care,” it added at the time.

There are consequences when any institution takes taxpayer money via a government source: it means that the government has a say in operations, and that the money can be pulled when the institution fails to comport themselves per the government. Columbia is a private institution, hence, should not be given taxpayer money to start with. Supposedly, the money is used primarily for research, but, come on, a goodly chunk is just a slush fund.

But, really, all Columbia had to do was shut down the Jew hatred and harassment of Jews. Columbia made a choice. Sure, the charges against most of the protesters have been dropped, nothing Columbia could do about that, but, how many did Columbia terminate as students and employees?

Then in April, Columbia University caved in to demands from the Trump administration in an effort to restore federal funding.

The Ivy League school agreed to ban masks for the purpose of concealing identity, empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students and appoint a senior vice provost with broad authority to oversee the department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies, as well as the Center for Palestine Studies.

Now we’ll see if they get some level of funding back. The Trump admin will want to see progress made at ground zero for Jew hatred and support of Palestinian terrorism.

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