Minouche Shafik announced her resignation amid lingering bitterness among students and faculty.
Columbia University’s president resigned Wednesday, becoming the third Ivy League leader to be forced from office after anger over the Israel-Hamas war resulted in widespread protests and a sharp rise in complaints of religious discrimination on college campuses.
Minouche Shafik, the first woman and first person of color to lead Columbia, announced her resignation amid lingering bitterness among students and faculty over the school’s forced removal of protesters from an encampment and a building they had taken over on the campus in Upper Manhattan.
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Columbia president resigns in fallout from Israel-Hamas war protests https://t.co/NP7OTyI0EI
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According to alumni groups, New York’s Ramaz high school (est. 1937) is sending zero graduates to @Columbia for the first time in its history.
The once prestigious Columbia University chose to create an environment supporting terror & violence. The rankings will be shuffling…
— Talia Khan (@TaliaKhan_MIT) August 15, 2024
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