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Columbia University is “getting close to yielding” to a broad list of demands issued by the Trump administration when it canceled $400 million in federal funding to the institution earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reports. The administration has accused the university of fostering an antisemitic environment. Read The Chronicle’s complete coverage here:
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