Columbia University to Lay Off Nearly 180 Employees After Federal Funding Withdrawal Over Campus Protest Handling
Columbia University has announced the layoff of nearly 180 employees following the loss of $400 million in federal funding. The decision by the U.S. Department of Education to withhold funding came in response to the university’s failure to adequately respond to rising antisemitic incidents and hostile campus conditions surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict. According to Columbia, […]