The New York institution was the first to be targeted in Trump's war against elite universities for what the US president claimed was its failure to tackle anti-Semitism on campus in the wake of pro-P ...
Since the McCarthy era in the 1940s and ’50s, when professors were blacklisted and fired because of their alleged communism, Americans have not seen the federal government interrogate education.
"This agreement marks an important step forward after a period of sustained federal scrutiny and institutional uncertainty," acting University President Claire Shipman said.
Armstrong's return to her former job leading the university's affiliated hospital comes days after Columbia agreed to a host of policy changes demanded by the Trump administration.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in the statement that it is a "privilege to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States of America".
Several international students on a variety of college campuses said they preferred not to speak with a reporter out of concern for their immigration status.