Columbia University has capitulated to Trump Administration demands in order to secure federal funding. The major concessions are as follows.
> Columbia will ban masks on campus during protests.
> The University will hire 36 more on campus police officers.
> The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Departments will be placed under Academic Receivership for 5 years, meaning the departments will be run by an outside group while the existing staff will be put under their control.
> The University will adopt a "position of institutional neutrality".
> The University will hire more Jewish academics for its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies in order to counter balance pro-Palestinian staff.
Just wanted to add this related piece: "The Greenlandic organization behind the national dog sled race, Avannaata Qimussersua, has received significant financial support from the U.S. Consulate in Nuuk, according to board chairman Mikkel Jeremiassen.
While Jeremiassen did not disclose the exact amount due to the terms of the agreement, he described it as “large” and emphasized that the deal was “non-political.”
However, Sermitsiaq reports that after securing the grant, volunteer patron Doris Jakobsen Jensen was informed that American politicians should be invited to attend the event as a result of the funding."