New Columbia President Promises To ‘Continue’ Implementing Trump-Imposed Reforms

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Columbia University’s new acting president, Claire Shipman, promised Friday to "continue" implementing the Trump-imposed reforms her predecessor agreed to in a bid to recover $430 million in slashed federal funding. Shipman, a former ABC and CNN journalist, affirmed her dedication to combating campus anti-Semitism in a message to the Columbia community, calling the reforms "the right thing to do." "[T]he commitments the University made to address antisemitism, harassment, and discrimination,