Education

Columbia University President Privately Suggested Jewish Trustee Be Removed and ‘Arab’ Board Member Be Added

In her previous role as the co-chair of Columbia University’s board of trustees, now acting president Claire Shipman privately pushed for the school to get an “Arab on our board,” and later suggested that a Jewish trustee be removed over her pro-Israel advocacy, text messages obtained by the House Committee on Education and Workforce show.

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Exclusive — Columbia Trustee Shoshana Shendelman: Campus Destruction ‘Microcosm for What We’re Seeing Globally,’ We Must ‘Teach Next Generation to Build’

Anti-Israel campus protests, like the infamous and sometimes violent demonstrations at Columbia University, are a symptom of a culture that is focused more on destruction than on creation and innovation, Columbia Trustee Dr. Shoshana Shendelman explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Students participate in a protest in support of Palestin