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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancelation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million
Government agencies today announced the immediate cancelation of approximately $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University due to the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students.
Trump administration cancels $400m in grants and contracts to Columbia University
03/07/25
Columbia University just had $400m worth of federal grants and contracts terminated, the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Education, and the US General Services Administration announced.
A press release from the Department of Education said the contracts were cancelled “due to the school’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students”.
The university, which has more than $5bn in federal grant commitments, has been a target of the Trump administration as it was the birthplace of the Gaza encampment protests that swept the country last year, in which students pitched tents and camped out on their colleges’ lawns in protest of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Republican lawmakers viewed the protests as antisemitic, despite the fact many protesters vehemently denied the accusations or are even Jewish themselves.
This is the first of of many cancellations and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a chilling warning to other colleges who allow for such protests: “Universities must comply with all federal antidiscrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding. For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus.
“Today, we demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer.”
