Source: The Intercept
by Meghnad Bose & Sacha Biazzo
“Students at Columbia University’s Middle Eastern studies department were suffering from whiplash. Over two days in March, they went from being reassured by Middle Eastern studies faculty that the university was supporting their embattled department to, just a day later, being hit with news that Columbia had cut a deal with the Trump administration. At stake was some $400 million in federal funding from the school that had been suspended by the White House. The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Department — or MESAAS as it is formally known — was at the center of the storm. Pushing back on the White House’s demands proved too tall an order at Columbia.” (04/16/25)
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/16/columbia-middle-eastern-studies-trump-attacks/