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Columbia acting president defends academic freedom at relatively quiet commencement
Acting President Claire Shipman said attacks on institutions of learning are tantamount to attacks on American democracy.
Democrats’ road not taken, Columbia’s ‘academic freedom’ hypocrites and other commentary
Democrats currently are at a fork in the road to their political future and how that future turns out depends on which path ...
Columbia University’s acting president booed when noting absence of activist Mahmoud Khalil in commencement speech
The Columbia graduate student was supposed to attend the graduation celebration. Instead, he is in immigration detention, ...
Opinion: Seeking academic freedom? Give up federal taxpayer money
In March, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 colleges and universities to ...
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At Columbia’s commencement, Mahmoud Khalil and free speech loom large
Mohsen Mahdawi, another pro-Palestinian student who had been detained, walked across the stage to a standing ovation from the ...
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Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests
Celeste Gamble was in Columbia University’s Butler Library, studying for her final exams, when about a hundred student ...
Columbia Violated Jewish Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds
Columbia University violated civil rights law by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward harassment against Jewish ...