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- Time of India
Campus crackdown: US education department threatens Columbia University's accreditation; cites antisemitism concerns
Columbia University campus (File photo) The US administration led by President Donald Trump has intensified its conflict with Columbia University, stating that the institution fails to meet accreditation criteria due to inadequate protection of Jewish students. "After Hamas' October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel, Columbia University's leadership acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on its campus," stated US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Wednesday. The Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Education announced Wednesday that it had informed the Middle States Commission on Higher Education about Columbia University's alleged Title VI Civil Rights Act violation, as per an Education Department release. "The US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today notified Middle States Commission on Higher Education (the Commission) that its member institution, Columbia University, is in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws and therefore fails to meet the standards for accreditation set by the Commission," stated the release. The federal body claimed that the university appears to no longer satisfy the commission's accreditation requirements. The comes as the US government escalates its scrutiny of elite academic institutions regarding allegations of widespread antisemitism and progressive prejudice. According to Columbia's website, accreditation, administered by non-profit organisations, is essential for university students to access federal funding, including grants and loans. "We look forward to the Commission keeping the Department fully informed of actions taken to ensure Columbia's compliance with accreditation standards including compliance with federal civil rights laws," McMahon added to her statement. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education acknowledged, to CNN, the receipt of Wednesday's letter. Columbia faced accusations last month of breaching federal civil rights law through "deliberate indifference" to Jewish student harassment since October 7, 2023, corresponding with Hamas's attack and Israel's subsequent military response in Gaza. A Columbia representative characterised these findings as progression in their collaborative efforts with the government to address antisemitism on campus. This forms part of the federal government's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism initiatives, established following Trump's February executive order. Trump further addressed college accreditation through an April executive order, directing the education secretary to ensure accreditors' accountability through various measures for poor performance or Civil Rights Act violations, as detailed by a White House official to CNN. The Education Department confirmed Wednesday its responsibility to inform accreditors about member institutions' non-compliance findings, in accordance with Trump's executive order. Leading US universities, including Columbia, face substantial pressure from the administration to implement policy changes or risk losing federal support. In March, Columbia implemented comprehensive policy changes after the administration threatened to withdraw $400 million in grants and contracts over alleged insufficient action against campus antisemitism.
The Print
26 minutes ago
- The Print
Zelenskyy calls for meeting with Trump, Putin & Erdogan as Istanbul ceasefire talks fail a 2nd time
'We will be grateful if President Trump supports such an idea. I am confident President Erdogan will support. He told me during our meeting that he wanted a meeting of four leaders. President Erdogan, President Trump, me, and Putin. We are ready for such a meeting on any day,' added the Ukrainian President. In a statement on X, Zelenskyy said, 'We are ready for the leaders' meeting. Any place. Istanbul, Vatican, Switzerland. We propose a meeting starting Monday and further. A ceasefire before is important. When we meet it will become clear if there is will for deescalation. If no, the ceasefire will end on the same day.' New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy Wednesday called for a meeting between him, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, as ceasefire talks in Istanbul failed for a second time. The Ukrainian president made the comments a day after interlocutors from Kyiv and Moscow met at Istanbul. At the 2 June meeting, the two sides agreed to exchange the bodies of 12,000 fallen soldiers and severely wounded prisoners of war. However, there was no agreement on a ceasefire. This was the second meeting between the two countries in Istanbul. US President Trump has been urging both sides to agree to a ceasefire, applying pressure on Kyiv in particular to ensure such an agreement is reached. The two sides met in the Turkish capital in May as well but there was no agreement on a ceasefire. Russia handed over a 'memorandum' to Kyiv during the 2 June meeting in Istanbul, outlining its demands to resolve the conflict, which includes the recognition of five Ukrainian territories it has partially occupied since the war began as a part of Russia, along with the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from these territories. I spoke with media on the day of remembrance for Ukrainian children killed by Russia. In Istanbul, Russians gave us an ultimatum, not a 'memorandum'. Peace requires a meeting of leaders. I am ready to meet in the coming days with Putin, as well as presidents Trump and Erdogan. — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 4, 2025 The other demands include the abandoning of Ukraine's aspirations of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), as well as a demobilisation of the Ukrainian armed forces. Russia called on Ukraine to retain its neutrality, and terminate some of its international agreements. The territories Russia has called to be internationally recognised as Russian territory are: Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea. The war has been ongoing for more than three years. It began in February 2022 with Russia launching a full scale military operation on Ukraine. Also Read: Ukraine's Op Spider's Web shows novel drone tactics, offers lessons for India's modern warfare Russian memorandum rejected by Ukraine Zelenskyy rejected all Russian demands Wednesday. The Ukrainian President called the memorandum shared by Russia as an 'ultimatum', while asserting that Moscow is not interested in 'deescalation' of the conflict. 'Why I call what they gave us an ultimatum? Go no further than the first point: international recognition of five Ukrainian regions as Russian and the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from them. Absolute ultimatum. Contradicts the UN Charter, Ukraine's Constitution, and basic logic,' Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian president added, 'On NATO. Our document that we passed to the Russians clearly states that Ukraine's membership is a matter for all NATO allies to decide. They need to have unity both to invite us and also to decide not to invite us to NATO. Such decisions are also made by consensus of all allies.' Zelenskyy referred to further demands from Russia as either 'spam' or 'useless items'. He also called for sanctions on Moscow, given there is no interest for a ceasefire emanating from the Kremlin. The Ukrainian president called for the meetings between leaders as the current level of the delegation representing Moscow 'does not decide anything', a fact shared by the delegation itself, according to Zelenskyy. The 2 June meet in Istanbul came a day after Operation Spiderweb was launched by the Ukrainian forces, which struck at multiple airbases deep inside Russia, destroying a number of Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers, as well as A-50 airborne radar and command planes. Ukraine claims it destroyed at least 41 military aircraft. Russian leaders, including former President Dmitry Medvedev, have vowed 'retribution' for the attack by Kyiv, which included the use of 117 drones, including 34 which were smuggled into Russia, in a maneuver reminiscent of the Trojan Horse, from Greek mythology. 'Had there been a ceasefire before our operation, there'd be no operation. Wanting a ceasefire doesn't mean we do nothing in the meantime,' Zelenskyy said on Operation Spiderweb. Ukraine has been clear that there will be no compromise on its territory and that it will retain the right to foreign policy choices as a sovereign country. In an exclusive interview with ThePrint earlier this year, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha made it clear that these are 'the red-lines' for Kyiv. (Edited by Ajeet Tiwari) Also Read: How global & Russian media reported on Ukraine's Op Spiderweb, drone strikes on Russia's key airbases
The Print
26 minutes ago
- The Print
Bilawal Bhutto seeks dialogue with India, intel sharing to combat terrorism
The Pakistani side has suffered great losses after it attempted to target Indian defence and civil installations in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. Bhutto, who served as the Foreign Minister earlier, addressed a briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York and sought reconciliation with India, making a plea for talks and Intel sharing between the two neighbours. New York: On a day that the Indian all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor arrived in Washington, DC as part of the global outreach on Operation Sindoor, Pakistan's delegation led by Bilawal Bhutto was in New York to try to push its case. As per an ongoing analysis of the damage inflicted upon by the Indian Air Force on Pakistan Air Force, it is emerging that 6 PAF fighter jets, two high-value aircraft, over 10 UCAVs, one C-130 transport aircraft, along with multiple cruise missiles, were destroyed by Indian air-launched cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles. Now Bhutto wants to go back to diplomacy and dialogue, emphasising that it was the only viable path to peace. 'Pakistan would still like to cooperate with India to combat terrorism. We can't leave the fate of 1.5 billion, 1.7 billion people in the hands of non-state actors and terrorists,' he said. 'For them to decide, at a whim, that (when these) two nuclear-armed powers will go to war.' This statement, in effect, gives credence to India's stand that terror operatives based in Pakistan had planned the Pahalgam attack that saw the killing of 26 innocent people. India has also publicly stated that any further terrorist activity would warrant similar action. But Bhutto stressed the need for a dispute resolution mechanism. You can't have no dispute resolution mechanisms between two nuclear-armed countries,' he said. Ironically, Bhutto also suggested cooperation between Pakistan and India's intelligence agencies to take on terrorism in South Asia. 'I am completely confident that if ISI and RAW were ready to sit down and work together to fight these forces, we would see a significant decrease in terrorism in both India and Pakistan,' he said. Bhutto's placatory stance shows how deeply Pakistan has been affected by the strikes carried out during Operation Sindoor and Pakistan's need to seek peace in these circumstances. This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content. Also read: Bilawal Bhutto vs Shashi Tharoor. Pakistanis want to know who will do West outreach better
