A year after mass protests rocked the university, students say protesting on campus has become too “dangerous.”

After Trump threatened Columbia University with the loss of $400 million in federal funding, the university folded. But Trump's threat was almost surely illegal.

The board late last week unexpectedly elevated one of its two co-chairs, Claire Shipman, as acting president.  While not unheard of, experts said it is unusual for a trustee to take the helm of a

Katrina Armstrong, who took over as interim president at Columbia in August, resigned amid a tumultuous year for the university.

Princeton has become the latest university to be targeted by the Trump administration, as the federal government pauses dozens of federal grants to the school. The news comes after the Trump administration threatened to cut off more than $8.

The president's blunt threat to withhold money is in line with his governing style; it demands accountability but threatens institutional independence.

Columbia University's interim President Katrina Armstrong is resigning, days after the university agreed to policy changes demanded by the Trump administration.

Columbia University’s interim president resigned from her position at the embattled Ivy League Friday night, just days after she told the Trump administration she would implement a mask ban — while privately promising faculty she would not.

While some professors rallied to criticize the changes, federal officials called the university’s actions a “positive first step” in maintaining a financial relationship.

Columbia University's interim president, Katrina Armstrong, has stepped down - a departure that comes one week after it agreed to significant changes amid a heated battle with the Trump administration over its federal funding.

Katrina Armstrong, the interim head of the embattled university, said she regretted “any confusion” and insisted the the Trump-ordered policy changes were “real.”