The $221 million settlement extends beyond tackling antisemitism. Some experts said it’s an example of “coercion,” while others say Columbia had it coming.

Education Secretary McMahon highlighted Columbia University's new accountability measures and cooperation with the NYPD after the historic $200 million settlement.

Columbia University said Wednesday it had reached a settlement with the Trump administration to end federal investigations into civil rights violations stemming from the divisive protests at the New York City campus over the Israel-Hamas war.

Columbia University has agreed to a significant settlement with the Trump administration, resolving allegations that the institution breached anti-discrimination laws. The Ivy League school will pay $200 million to the government over the next three years and an additional $21 million to settle investigations by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuing assault.

Faculty and others expressed a mixture of relief and frustration over the deal, under which the university will pay over $200 million to have most of its research funding restored.

The Trump administration is implementing a stringent strategy to combat campus antisemitism, highlighted by a $200 million settlement with Columbia University. This agreement, serving as a model, involves financial penalties and institutional reforms.

Columbia University agreed to pay $200 million to the US government following threats from Donald Trump to cut federal funding.

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

The reported deal to restore $400 million in frozen funding to the university excludes major concessions initially demanded by the administration.