The head of Columbia University resigned on Friday following fierce criticism of the Ivy League institution’s decision to cede to President Donald Trump’s demands for reforms.
Katrina Armstrong, who was appointed after her predecessor Minouche Shafik stepped down last August, will be replaced as interim president by Claire Shipman, a Columbia graduate who joined the board of trustees in 2013.
Federal government officials had earlier this month suspended $400mn in grants to Columbia, and threatened to suspend all future funding unless the university agreed to actions it claimed were necessary to tackle alleged antisemitism on campus.
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