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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration reached a “historic agreement” with Columbia University, which will pay $200 million to the US government to settle federal discrimination claims and regain access to billions in federal funding, Anadolu reports. “Columbia has agreed to pay a penalty of $200 million to the United States Government for violating Federal Law, in addition to over $20 million to their Jewish employees who were unlawfully targeted and harassed,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. He said the university’s leadership had committed to “admitting students based ONLY on MERIT” and pledged to protect the civil liberties of its students on campus. “Numerous other Higher Education Institutions that have hurt so many, and been […]
