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White House touts deal with Columbia as critics decry ‘chilling’ precedent

Education lawyers and advocates said Columbia’s deal with the White House was a potentially dangerous government intrusion ...

A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university’s new definition of antisemitism

Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump ...

Columbia pays Trump’s ransom

What’s the context? Columbia has been attempting to come to terms with the Trump administration since it canceled $400 ...

After Columbia agrees to a deal, McMahon acknowledges larger political motivations

Columbia University agreed to the Trump administration’s demands. Education Secretary Linda McMahon called it “a monumental ...

Wildfire near Columbia River Gorge now WA’s largest

So far, Washington's fire season is shaping up exactly as expected. The entire state and Oregon has above-normal fire risk.

$200M Columbia payout a ‘blueprint’ for Trump to squeeze Harvard and other Gaza protest schools: report

Columbia win has paved the way for Trump team to elecit hundreds of millions from other top schools, including Cornell, Brown ...
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Columbia settlement concerns mount as McMahon declares ‘template’ for other schools

Columbia University’s settlement with the Trump administration is making waves across higher education as the White House ...

Business leaders debut logo for Columbia’s rivers with potential merch plans to promote the region

Andy Tsubasa Field covers business and development for The Post and Courier's Columbia bureau. He has reported on business ...