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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Resigns Amid Protests and National Scrutiny
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned, citing the toll the protests on campus have taken on her family. The protests, which began as a response to the university's handling of a different issue, turned violent and anti-Semitic. Shafik was criticized for her handling of the situation, including calling in police to break up demonstrations. Shafik will be returning to the UK to chair a review of the government's approach to international development. Her resignation comes just weeks before the start of the new academic year.
As I step into this role, I am acutely aware of the trials the University has faced over the past year.
We want the president to be a president for Columbia students, answering to their needs and demands, rather than answering to political pressure from outside the university.
Regardless of who leads Columbia, the students will continue their activism and actions until Columbia divests from Israeli apartheid.
I am making this announcement now so that new leadership can be in place before the new term begins.
As President Lincoln said, 'A house divided against itself cannot stand' – we must do all we can to resist the forces of polarization in our community.
We should neither understate their significance, nor allow them to define who we are and what we will become.
Pro-Palestinian Movements in the Ivy League
- US Judge Grants Palestinian Activist Contact Visit with Month-Old Son After Trump Admin Objection
- Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Detained for Participating in Senate Protest Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in police
sources
- 1.Le Monde
- 2.Al Jazeera
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.The Times
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.Daily Sabah
- 7.New York Times
- 8.Agence France-Presse
- 9.Columbia Daily Spectator
perspectives
countries
organizations
- 1.Columbia University
- 2.Hamas
- 3.Students for Justice in Palestine
- 4.Harvard University
- 5.University of Pennsylvania
- 6.Columbia University Apartheid Divest
- 7.International Court of Justice
- 8.US Congress
- 9.Barnard College
- 10.Cornell University
- 11.Education and Workforce Committee
- 12.House of Representatives
persons
- 1.Minouche Shafik
- 2.Katrina Armstrong
- 3.Claire Shipman
- 4.Elise Stefanik
- 5.Mike Johnson
- 6.Claudine Gay
- 7.Elizabeth Magill
- 8.David Greenberg
- 9.David Greenwald
- 10.Mahmoud Khalil
- 11.Carl Hart
- 12.Martha Pollock