US EditionEducation groups sue Trump administration over Columbia funding battle
- The American Federation of Teachers union and the American Association of University Professors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding cuts to Columbia University, claiming a violation of the First Amendment rights.
- Columbia University had its $400 million in grants revoked following an investigation into disruptions and harassment of Jewish students.
- The lawsuit seeks to restore funding and prevent the Trump administration from enforcing controversial conditions tied to Columbia's federal funding.
- Orion Danjuma, lead counsel, stated that the lawsuit is intended to protect higher education from unlawful government censorship and political repression.
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Cal Thomas: Why are top universities getting federal money?
Columbia University at first appeared to have surrendered to President Trump’s demands that the New York school stop coddling antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrators. The school announced it was buckling, not on principle, but because it wants the $400 million in…
Professors are fired and students are suspended – what is happening at the elite Columbia University?
NEW YORK. Professor Marianne Hirsch says the climate at Columbia University in New York awakens nightmares from her communist childhood in Romania. Colleague Bruce Robbins checks his email every day and "waits for the verdict" that could force him out after 25 years of service. What is happening to academic freedom in the US under Trump? DN meets suspended students and their teachers who are now at risk of dismissal from Columbia University.
Columbia faculty to detail new lawsuit against Trump administration to restore funding
Faculty members at Columbia University have become the latest group to take action against the Trump administration, saying revoking the school's federal funding is unconstitutional.
Trump asks Supreme Court for OK to cut teacher-training money as part of anti-DEI push
The Trump administration is at the Supreme Court with a new emergency appeal Wednesday, this time seeking approval to go ahead with cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training.A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the cuts, finding they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage. The federal appeals court in Boston turned away a plea from the administration to allow them to…
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