Columbia University interim president steps down a week after announcing sweeping policy changeshe interim president of Columbia University is stepping down, the school announced Friday, a week after announcing sweeping policy changes – seemingly bowing to the Trump administration’s demands conditioned on federal funding.
Dr. Katrina Armstrong took the helm of one of the nation’s elite universities under pressure last year for its policies and handling of campus protests, which only increased under the Trump administration. She was named interim president in August on the same day former president Minouche Shafik, traderjoexyz exchange facing scrutiny for her handling of Columbia campus encampments protesting the war between Israel and Hamas, stepped down.
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