Claire Shipman, Columbia University’s new acting president, had called last year's congressional hearings on campus antisemitism "nonsense" in a text to the former university president.

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

After federal funding was cut from Columbia, Harvard braces for its own $9 billion review and reshapes policies under Trump administration pressure.

The Ivy League school’s president, Alan Garber, made a flurry of moves before Trump opened a federal funding review.

The Trump administration announced it will review almost $9 billion in grants and contracts at Harvard University, the latest school to be threatened with a federal financial penalty over campus antisemitism.