Columbia president resigns after university cedes to Trump demands

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Colombia University’s head resigned on Friday after intense criticism of the decision to claim President Donald Trump for the reform of the IV League Institution.

Katrina Armstrong, who was appointed after Minoch Shafiq Resignation Last August, Claire Shipman, will be replaced as the interim president by this Colombia Graduate who joined the Board of Trustees in 2013.

Federal government officials have postponed $ 400 million as a grant to Colombia this month and threatened to suspend all future funds if they did not agree to the necessary steps to address the alleged opposition on the university campus.

Colombia has decided not to challenge the demands despite the legal scholars of the legal scholars that the government’s steps failed to respect the proper process and the faculty concerns that they threatened academic freedom and freedom of speech.

It has unveiled the discounts while arguing it is protecting the academic integrity. “We will always be guided by the principles of our free expression, academic freedom and pursuit of superiority,” Armstrong said There

Armstrong, who will resume his previous role as the head of the University’s Irving Medical Center, said on Friday: “I am proud of the extraordinary faculty, students and alumni. But I am with my heart science, and I am with my emotions. I can serve this university best and move on our community.”

Shipman D: “The new permanent president of Colombia, when that person is elected, will manage the university leadership party and structure properly to ensure that we are in the best position for the future.”

Armstrong was pressured by the faculty and students on the need to protect the university from further attacks and to cut funds and to meet the government’s demands.

The faculty complained that they were not given adequate advice and their decisions were canceled. In the meantime, students were confronted with strict security on the campus and the current and alumni led the arrest and deportation threatening threats Mahmud KhalilAn activist in protest against Israel’s military attack in Gaza.

Armstrong said at the beginning of this week: “We need to continue to work to recover Public trust The basic price of higher education for the nation and a long -lasting partnership between groundbreaking universities like Colombia and Federal Government. These measures are Mayiay, or any suggestion of my lack of personal assistance is ambiguously false ””

The Colombian trustees thanked Armstrong and defended their recent decisions: “Our goal was to show significant progress we made, discuss the plans of the months ahead and present Colombia-driven decisions according to our missions. Where this work is done with others’ recommendations, we believe that constructive dialogue is made.”

The university wanted to prevent the Trump administration’s activities challenging the case. However at the beginning of this week two national agencies represent university teachers and professors Launched a case Against the demands of the government.

The White House has not yet been able to recover $ 400 million to Colombia and continued to attack other universities.